AboutFrancesco Marchesani Expertise I have an indeep knowledge of European history, expecially Ancient, Roman and Medieval history. I focus my attention on military history as well; I have access to a university library with many ancient books.
Experience Mainly through self study (other than my university studies in laws) I have acquired a good knowledge of the topic, which I enjoy further study.
Question I thank you for helping me with my question. This question actually applies to all parts of the world history, and not just for Europe: at the conclusion of the wars, the losing sides' populations were often forced into slavery. Over the course of many hundreds of years of history, what eventually became the fate(s) of such forced enslaved people. I understand that this is an immensely broad and comples topic but I am just seeking some generallized information. I read so much of people that were forced into slavery in all parts of the world but always wondered whatever became the fates of such people. as we do not have slavery (at least not the institutionalized kinds) in most parts of the world, e.g., Europoe, Asia, etc.
Your ansowers will be greatly appreciated.
Sincerely.
Answer Hello,
the topic is really broad, but I think the answer is rather simple and applies to most cases that happened in the past: all the populations that were enslaved and, often, transferred to far away lands, slowly acquired the customs of the conquering nations, sometimes giving some of their own customs to the conquerors as well, to the point that, after a few generations, the differences faded away.
The most recent example is the fate of all the black slaves that were taken to the Americas from Africa: they acquired their masters' customs, and now their descendants are mixed with all the other citizens from various ethnicities in the different American countries, but some hints, bigger or smaller, of original African customs still linger around, stronger in some places (Haiti, Brasil) than in others, but still rather evident.
In some exceptional cases, however, for social or religious reasons, some populations managed to keep their unicity: for example, take the Hebrews, who were sent to Babylon in captivity but managed to remain faithful to their customs by keeping their unique religious belief; in their case too, however, some intermingling happened, and they surely acquired customs from the populations they lived within.
