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Re:As Much as You Ever Wanted to Know About 155M Artillery S... by triceratops on Thursday February 08, 2024 @04:11AM (#39299910)
> considered subjugated people equal before the law (if they converted)

The Mongols and the ancient Persians didn't even make anyone convert.

> banned slavery

If you don't count all the colonies...

> imposed slavery ban on other nations

It is a very admirable thing to do, but who else could do it? They had the most powerful militaries in that era.

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Re:As Much as You Ever Wanted to Know About 155M Artillery S... by golergka on Friday February 09, 2024 @01:51PM (#39318727)
> If you don't count all the colonies...

Colonies are exactly what I'm talking about.

> It is a very admirable thing to do, but who else could do it? They had the most powerful militaries in that era.

Nobody else even wanted to.

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Re:As Much as You Ever Wanted to Know About 155M Artillery S... by triceratops on Saturday February 10, 2024 @10:43AM (#39326947)
> Colonies are exactly what I'm talking about.

Tell me more about how slavery was outlawed in Haiti - especially during the French Revolution with its "liberté, égalité, fraternité". Tell me about Belgian Congo. Tell me about the close relative of slavery, indentured servitude, in the British Empire.

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