In ancient times, many dynasties and even Western countries had periods of slavery. Why did slaves appear? First, we need to understand the definition of slavery. In ancient times, slaves and slave owners generally had a relationship of indentured two-way sale by a group of people specializing in reselling slaves. In ancient times these people were called "human teeth". Each time they would choose a group of slaves for all kinds of dignitaries to choose. After the slave was chosen, he not only had no freedom in life, but his life was also in the hands of his master.
So what kind of life did these slaves live after they were bought by their masters? Do they have the most basic life security? This is simply not possible. The general population that could feed slaves was either rich or expensive, and most of them had not only one slave, but a group of slaves. And assigned to their own families, children. If you can meet a good slave master, it is already the blessing of a slave's life. And once a person becomes a slave, it is very difficult for their children and grandchildren to get rid of slavery. Become a slave for generations. Even slaves lived less than a handle in their masters' hands.
Then it seems to us that male slaves are better than female slaves. They are life-insecure, both male and female. Under this premise, men do some heavy work in addition to being scolded by their masters. There are no cases that are too cruel. And for female slaves in the ancient era of slavery was very much. Poor them became objects for slave masters to play with. And most slave owners don't see slave girls as adults, just as a shareable object.
In fact, we have also mentioned slaves in many classic film and television dramas in TV dramas. For example, in "The Book of the Dragon Slayer in the Heavens", or in "Dream of the Red Chamber". There are slaves who are told. Slavery was very prevalent in western countries in ancient times, and there were hundreds of slaves under almost every large ethnic group. In the history of the continent, most of the slaves were used by the Mongol ethnic groups in the Yuan Dynasty.
Many of these slaves lived a life worse than death. They did not have a fixed time for rest, the owner had to be on call at any time, and if they came late, they would lose their lives. In terms of female slaves, the dignitaries are also more liked, and they can wantonly share their female slaves with other dignitaries and friends to play together.
On the mainland, it was not until the Song Dynasty that the protection of slaves was slightly stricter. The owners of these slaves were not allowed to abuse and kill their own slaves without permission, and if such a situation occurred, they would be severely punished. And the term of the slave was shortened, and in about ten years it can be said that that period was the happiest period for the life of the slave, after all, his slave status has not been removed.
The most brutal period of slavery was the Xia Shang Zhou era. They have no human rights to speak of, not at all like a pet. During this period slaves could be killed at will. For a slave without human rights, even during the strictly controlled Song Dynasty, slaves would be killed by their masters, and not many people were willing to manage it, because the people who raised slaves were not rich or expensive, and no one would get into trouble because of a slave.
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