Slavery was largely defunct for it's last ~250 years as serfdom-like systems too...

		Balgair on July 15, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why wasn't the steam engine invented earlier? Part... Slavery was largely defunct for it's last ~250 years as serfdom-like systems took over. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_in_the_Byzantine_Empir...