Social Divisions
Americans think of slavery as a white-black phenomenon, but when European colonials were enslaving non-whites, "faith-based" slavery was common between Moslems and Christians in the Mediterranean region. Millions of whites were enslaved too. Everyone needed a mythical cover for an economic practice.
The reference is Robert Davis, Holy War and Human Bondage, Praeger, New York, 2009.
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