Islam Brought Slavery To The West --- hogwash. In the Viking <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viking> era beginning circa 793, the Norse <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norsemen> raiders often captured and enslaved militarily weaker peoples they encountered. The Nordic countries <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nordic_countries> called their slaves *thralls <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thrall>* (Old Norse<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Norse>: *Þræll*).[25]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_slavery#cite_note-vikings-25>The thralls were mostly from Western Europe, among them many Franks <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franks>, Anglo-Saxons<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Saxons>, and Celts <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celts>. Many Irish slaves travelled in expeditions for the colonization of Iceland<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iceland> .[55] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_slavery#cite_note-55> The Norse also took German, Baltic, Slavic and Latin slaves. The slave trade was one of the pillars of Norse commerce during the 6th* <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed>*through 11th centuries. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_slavery#cite_note-10> Slavery was known in civilizations as old as Sumer<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumer>, as well as almost every other ancient civilization, including Ancient Egypt<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Egypt>, Ancient China <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_China#Ancient_China>, the Akkadian Empire <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akkadian_Empire>, Assyria<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assyria>, Ancient India <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bronze_Age_India>, Ancient Greece <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greece>, the Roman Empire<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Empire>, the Islamic Caliphate <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caliphate>, and the pre-Columbian civilizations <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_pre-Columbian_cultures>of the Americas. [9] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_slavery#cite_note-Slavery-9>Such institutions were a mixture of debt-slavery <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debt_bondage>, punishment for crime, the enslavement of prisoners of war<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prisoner_of_war>, child abandonment <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child_abandonment>, and the birth of slave children to slaves.
Cyrus the Great <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyrus_the_Great>, the founder of Persian Empire <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Achaemenid_Empire>temporarily prohibited the systematic enslavement of conquered non-combatant population. Cyrus also freed slaves and allowed all deported peoples whom were enslaved by former kings, return to home. It is said that he freed up to 40,000 Jews and allowed them to return home. The American Colonization Society<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Colonization_Society>, the primary vehicle for returning black Americans to greater freedom in Africa, established the colony of Liberia<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberia>in 1821–23, on the premise former American slaves would have greater freedom and equality there.[216]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_slavery#cite_note-216>The ACS assisted in the movement of thousands of African Americans to Liberia, with its founder Henry Clay<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Clay>stating; "unconquerable prejudice resulting from their color, they never could amalgamate with the free whites of this country. It was desirable, therefore, as it respected them, and the residue of the population of the country, to drain them off". Abraham Lincoln<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln>, an enthusiastic supporter of Clay, adopted his position on returning the blacks to their own land.[217]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_slavery#cite_note-217> On Thursday, May 8, 2014 10:21:33 AM UTC-5, Travis wrote: > > > > > > > > > http://clashdaily.com/2014/05/stop-blaming-america-islam-brought-slavery-west/ > > > > > -- -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "PoliticalForum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
