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		pksebben 5 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Following 35% growth, solar has passed hydro on US... > This is a system stretching over millennia not quite. 'Slavery' has been around that long. 'Chattel Slavery' started in the 1600s and peaked in the 1800s. So like, half a millenia.

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inglor_cz 5 days ago [–]

Chattel slavery in the Islamic world definitely predates the 1600s. By a thousand years or so.

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