How did slavery affect world history?
dear riq, As you may know, slavery was common throughout the world, especially in ancient times. Slaves were often the quintessential spoils of war with a myriad of utilities including, but not limited to: cheap-laborers, soldiers, and even teachers. Plantation agriculture in South America, for example, wouldn’t have been possible without cost-effective slave labor. Cultivating labor-intensive cash crops with your average wage workers would have run the farm out of business; labor was simply too expensive. Slavery, therefore, permitted the world’s demand for such luxury products, such as tobacco or sugar, to be met by slave-driven supply. Even in ancient times, Latifundias, or huge farms of the Roman Empire, were only made possible by the Mediterranean slave trade and the abundance of slaves Rome acquired after its war with Carthage. In the Middle East, slaves were often used as soldiers. This kind of use of slaves had significant backlash later on in the Middle East’s history when sla
