#Slavery in India
1. The destruction of temples in India due to Islamic conquests is well known but little known is the fact about Indian slavery. Islamic conquest of Indian land often resulted in capture of large number of people and their enslavement. Men and women ....cont..2
1. The destruction of temples in India due to Islamic conquests is well known but little known is the fact about Indian slavery. Islamic conquest of Indian land often resulted in capture of large number of people and their enslavement. Men and women ....cont..2
2. so captured had to work as #slaves for their masters who were high officials of the invading army or the ruling class. Slave girls were forced for sex or prostitution . When Muslim soldiers forcefully slept with girls,the girl’s community refused to accept her and she ..cont3
3. would be left with no choice other than converting to Islam. Moreover forceful #conversion of slaves was a regular feature in Delhi Sultanate(1206-1555)and Mughal empire(from 1526). During Islamic rule, slaves were of two types-military and labourer and they were....cont..4..
4. used in armies for conquest or as labourers at home or for sex. Sultan Alauddin Khalji married #Hindu women,had four wives & owned 50,000 slave-boys. The British #EastIndiaCompany and the #DutchEastIndiaCompany were involved in international #slavetrade. Slaves were.. cont 5
5. used in sugarcane, tobacco,cotton,coffee #plantations and in mining, in colonies. It was in 1843, that slavery was banned in India by promulgation of the Indian Slavery Act,1843. After this Act, Indian indentured labour were sent on ships to various #BritishColonies.
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