While most slaves who went to the Americas could marry and have families, most of the male slaves destined for the Middle East were castrated, and most of the children born to the women were ... It was noted that black slaves were castrated "based on the assumption that the blacks had an ungovernable sexual appetite."
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European History question: Were castrated male slaves called unic's? Eunuchs The English word eunuch is from the Greek eune (bed) and ekhein (to keep), effectively bed keeper. Servants or slaves were ... What are the slaves called? Was black slaves castrated?
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Slaves were obtained through conquest, tribute from vassal states (in the first such treaty, Nubia was required to provide hundreds of male and female slaves), offspring (children of slaves were also slaves, but since many slaves were castrated this was not as common as it had been in the Roman empire), and purchase.
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In Djibouti he writes: "Ten boys were ranged in a circle on the dais (used to display the slaves), their buttocks toward us. They were all naked, and I saw with horror that five had been castrated.
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The case against infant circumcision and for genital integrity ... It had been observed that castrated animals were usually more docile and easier to domesticate, and it was a logical step to the use of castrated and more managable slaves for unpleasant tasks.
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Anyway there isn't much I can say here. A transsexual gets castrated because they don't want to be male. ... I do know it's common for the castration to be the slaves 'gift' to his master, or a symbol of servitude. You might expect this to be common in the S&M community, but I have been told by some slaves that have written...
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Niger's Tuaregs still keep slaves; ... He said he had recently been sold to a new owner, known for his cruelty towards his slaves. His new master accused him of rebellion and disobedience. ... Mr Mohamet said if he had not escaped, he would have been castrated this week.
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There are other gruesome tortures--none of which is fit to describe in a family newspaper" states Africa Watch. Another report states that some slaves caught fleeing are often castrated or branded like cattle. Also Read:;
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I don't think it was in the Koran, I think it was a hadith -- a saying attributed to the prophets -- which says he who castrates a slave will himself be castrated. But they got around this as people do. One contrivance was to buy already castrated slaves.
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In other cases slaves were castrated outside of Muslim lands, so that Prague in Christian Bohemia became a center for the generation of eunuchs for Ottoman service. In Africa the Muslims were often castrated en route.
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