WOH-1030 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Yemelyan Pugachev, Barbary Pirates, Serfdom In Russia
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Criteria for enslavement under islamic law - to be enslaved a person must be: The di erence between middle eastern and american society. The hierarchy in america was based on race. The hierarchy in the middle east was based on religion. Slaves had to be given the same food and medical care as the owners of the slave. If not, the slave could take his owner(s) to court. If the slave were to convert to islam, he would be viewed as equal in they eyes of god. Roles of the slave were largely based upon gender. Forced to serve in the household or as sex slaves. It was not uncommon for the children of a slave woman and the master man, to be declared a child of the master. After the master"s death, the woman slave was set free as well. It was not uncommon for the master to marry his slave.
