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    The Little-Known Role of Slavery in Viking Society



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    One of the most enduring components of the Viking image is the notion of freedom—the adventure of a far horizon and all that went with it. But for many, this was an unattainable hope. Any true reading of life in the Viking Age first has to come to terms with an aspect of everyday experience that probably represented the most elemental division in societies at the time: the difference between those who were free and those who were not. Beneath the social network, any other distinction of status, class, opportunity and wealth pales beside the most basic fact of liberty and the consequent potential for choice.

    The institution of slavery had long antecedents in Scandinavia, probably going back thousands of years before the time of the Vikings. By the eighth century A.D., a considerable population of unfree people lived in the North, their condition largely a hereditary one built up over generations. In the Viking Age, this picture changed dramatically because, for the first time, Scandinavians began to make the active acquisition of human chattel a key part of their economy. This was one of the primary objectives of Viking raids and military campaigns—and the result was a massive increase in the numbers of enslaved people in Scandinavia.

    Let it therefore be clearly stated: The Vikings were slavers, and the kidnapping, sale and forced exploitation of human beings was always a central pillar of their culture.

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    Tell me it ain't true. We all know slavery never existed until the White Man became Americans.
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    Quote Originally Posted by OLD GUY IN FLORIDA View Post
    Tell me it ain't true. We all know slavery never existed until the White Man became Americans.
    Everything about slavery is upside down. Slavery was everywhere and a fact of mankind’s history until Western nations banned it. One would think that was a good thing.
    When Donald Trump said to protest “peacefully”, he meant violence.

    When he told protesters to “go home”, he meant stay for an insurrection.

    And when he told Brad Raffensperger to implement “whatever the correct legal remedy is”, he meant fraud.

    War is peace.

    Freedom is slavery.

    Ignorance is strength.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hoosier8 View Post
    Everything about slavery is upside down. Slavery was everywhere and a fact of mankind’s history until Western nations banned it. One would think that was a good thing.


    Do you mean Donald Trump had nothing to do with the establishment of slavery? I am aghast.
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    Quote Originally Posted by OLD GUY IN FLORIDA View Post
    Do you mean Donald Trump had nothing to do with the establishment of slavery? I am aghast.
    Well Trump must have deregulated slavery then!
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    Quote Originally Posted by carolina73 View Post
    Well Trump must have deregulated slavery then!
    Exactly, and gave tax credits to the rich for each slave owned.
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    Quote Originally Posted by DGUtley View Post
    The Little-Known Role of Slavery in Viking Society



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    One of the most enduring components of the Viking image is the notion of freedom—the adventure of a far horizon and all that went with it. But for many, this was an unattainable hope. Any true reading of life in the Viking Age first has to come to terms with an aspect of everyday experience that probably represented the most elemental division in societies at the time: the difference between those who were free and those who were not. Beneath the social network, any other distinction of status, class, opportunity and wealth pales beside the most basic fact of liberty and the consequent potential for choice.

    The institution of slavery had long antecedents in Scandinavia, probably going back thousands of years before the time of the Vikings. By the eighth century A.D., a considerable population of unfree people lived in the North, their condition largely a hereditary one built up over generations. In the Viking Age, this picture changed dramatically because, for the first time, Scandinavians began to make the active acquisition of human chattel a key part of their economy. This was one of the primary objectives of Viking raids and military campaigns—and the result was a massive increase in the numbers of enslaved people in Scandinavia.

    Let it therefore be clearly stated: The Vikings were slavers, and the kidnapping, sale and forced exploitation of human beings was always a central pillar of their culture.

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    Slavery was a vital part of many ancient civilizations.

    People are always products of their time, so it doesn't help to go back and shame earlier societies that had different norms.
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    Quote Originally Posted by FindersKeepers View Post
    Slavery was a vital part of many ancient civilizations.

    People are always products of their time, so it doesn't help to go back and shame earlier societies that had different norms.
    Hopefully, future societies will go back and shame the living hell out of the snowflakes in this society!
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    Quote Originally Posted by FindersKeepers View Post
    Slavery was a vital part of many ancient civilizations.

    People are always products of their time, so it doesn't help to go back and shame earlier societies that had different norms.
    Instead we are supposed to be ashamed today of something we never did which is ludicrous.
    When Donald Trump said to protest “peacefully”, he meant violence.

    When he told protesters to “go home”, he meant stay for an insurrection.

    And when he told Brad Raffensperger to implement “whatever the correct legal remedy is”, he meant fraud.

    War is peace.

    Freedom is slavery.

    Ignorance is strength.

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