Genoa was particularly egregious back then. They traded between the Turks, Egyptian Arabs, the Circassians and the Byzantines. Just read about some of their practices at Feodosiya in the Ukraine for instance. These are not good people even by the standards of the slave traders of the nineteenth century.
On Tue, Oct 15, 2013 at 8:54 PM, Justin Scott <[email protected]>wrote: > > > What do you expect. Columbus was Genoan. At the time Genoa was about the > > biggest slave merchants in the eastern Mediterranean and Black Sea. So > his > > behavior was thought as normal at the time. > > Yes, at the time. I'm all for cultural relativism, but are these the > actions of a man we should be treating as a hero today? > > > -Justin > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:367850 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
