Slaves, Page 2
Basavis (under Devadasi), Bogams (under Devadasi), Capitein, Jacobus, Carver, George Washington, Cugoano, Ottobah, Devadasi, Douglass, Frederick, Equiano, Olaudah, Hannibal, Abram Petrovich, Jogatis (under Devadasi), Lin Huoping, Muralis (under Devadasi), Natis (under Devadasi), Rat-Children of Shah Daula, Restavecs, Sacagawea, Sancho, Ignatius, Slaves, Smith, Venture, Thevardiyar (under Devadasi), Trokosi, Wheatley, Phillis, Zaid bin Haritha,
Lin Huoping
Lin was born to a poor family in Fuzhou, who, unable to feed her, sold her as a slave. She was later sold on, to a wealthier merchant, as an adoptive daughter. He recognized her intellectua... [more]
Muralis (under Devadasi)
Devadasi (mainly of Maharashtra and Karnataka states) and related practices ( Maharis in Kerala, Natis in Assam, Muralis in Maharashtra, Bogams in Andhra Pradesh, Jogatis and Basa... [more]
Natis (under Devadasi)
Devadasi (mainly of Maharashtra and Karnataka states) and related practices ( Maharis in Kerala, Natis in Assam, Muralis in Maharashtra, Bogams in Andhra Pradesh, Jogatis and Basa... [more]
Rat-Children of Shah Daula
According to a centuries-old tradition, barren women who worship at the shrine of the Sufi saint Shah Daula, in Gujrat, Pakistan, will become fertile. But unless they donate their first-bor... [more]
Restavecs
In Haiti a particular form of child slavery is practiced, where very young children are sold by their poverty-stricken parents directly to another family, to be used as domestic slaves. In ... [more]
Sacagawea
Sacagawea was probably born a Shoshone. When she was about 10-12 years old and probably living in Idaho, she was one of a group of boys and girls, including her brother and sister, who were... [more]
Sancho, Ignatius
Sancho was born on a slave ship bound for Colombia. His mother died soon after arriving and his father killed himself soon afterwards rather than live as a slave. When he was two he was bro... [more]
Slaves
Slavery is one of the most pervasive of human institutions. Until two hundred years ago hardly anyone had any doubts but that slavery was divinely ordained and a perfectly acceptable practi... [more]
Smith, Venture
Smith was born in Guinea, West Africa, but captured and sent to Rhode Island as a slave when he was about eight. He bought his own freedom when he was 37 and spent most of the rest of hi... [more]
Thevardiyar (under Devadasi)
Devadasi (mainly of Maharashtra and Karnataka states) and related practices ( Maharis in Kerala, Natis in Assam, Muralis in Maharashtra, Bogams in Andhra Pradesh, Jogatis and Basa... [more]
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