2007-01-25 04:54:17 · 11 answers · asked by aaron r 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
Read "They Were White and They Were Slaves: The Untold History of the Enlslavement of Whites in Early America" if you are truly interested in it. There is too much to explain. People only think that there were black slaves but they are wrong. There have been slaves in EVERY race. Pick up the book or order it from the library. It's pretty interesting.
2007-01-25 05:06:32 · answer #1 · answered by cutesy76 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
In ancient times Romans / Italics kept slaves which were in many cases people from conquered regions further north in Europe, such as Germans. Some of them became freedmen and / or eventually served in or were conscripted into the legions or royal "bodyguard" units, or what have you, but , yes there were a good deal of Germanic / Celtic slaves kept in Italy in ancient times, sure. Probably , it's fair to guess, some were sold at slave auctions to other Mediterranean peoples as well, wealthy Greeks or Libyans or what have you. Ancient Roman matrons used to actually pay a pretty price (at the time) for "wigs" made out of the hair of slave girls, this was because the hair was oftentimes in colors which were not found very often in Italy and thus considered quite rare or "exotic". Such as the cut off locks of a red-headed slave girl , for example, or a true blonde even.
2007-01-25 05:05:22 · answer #2 · answered by DinoDeSanto 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm sure the Barbarians of Europe (the Vikings and what not) made slave out of the people they conquered. BUT on the scale like the Africans or Chinese or Indians...NO!!! They were the slave masters.
Even in the US, endentured servants were white, slaves black and slaves go treated FAR worse.
2007-01-25 05:11:12 · answer #3 · answered by Lotus Phoenix 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Is an indentured servant a slave???
The only way to leave Europe was have the money for the boat trip. My Irish father's brothers and sister were indentured for a few years. Uncle Pat was a sheep herder in northern Califorina.
2007-01-25 05:10:20 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rome, the middle east, etc. All races have been enslaved at least one time or another. In ancient times, slavery was not so much a racial or ethic distinction. It was more of an occupation, similar to that of a live in servant. Many times there were opportunities to move out of slavery. Slavery as was conducted in the New World however was quite brutal. Slaves were no longer servants who were respected as humans but laborers used to plow, pick, and reap vast plantations with no opportunity to be free. Ethnically and culturally distinct, they were easier to dehumanize and exploit.
2007-01-25 05:01:49 · answer #5 · answered by Brandon 3 · 4⤊ 0⤋
The Indentured white people from Europe were sent to the Colonies to pay taxes to The Crown of England. So I guess they were slaves of The British Empire.
bloody taxes
2007-01-25 05:03:51 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Barbary Pirates captured European & American people off of ships, and used them for slave labor in Northern Africa from the mid 1500s to the early 1800s.
2007-01-25 05:02:56 · answer #7 · answered by EC 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well there have been prisoners of war, and some were treated like slaves.
2007-01-25 05:33:34 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
indentured servants were white slaves from Europe
2007-01-25 05:00:05 · answer #9 · answered by jesse b 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
THE ENTIR NATION OF ISRAEL, FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS IN HUNDREDS OF COUNTRIES!
BY A NON JEW
OH, & LOOK .... A QUEER WOOKIE THINKS YOU'RE A NAZI!
2007-01-25 05:33:12 · answer #10 · answered by Bonno 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋