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Compare and contrast slavery as it existed in Africa The New Wold and the Ottoman Empire

...... Slavery in the Ottoman Empire was quite different from the other forms of slavery. This was where the practice of African slavery began, and it was where it was practiced quite differently than other systems. In the Empire, slaves could rise to a very high social status, in fact, many of them were officials in the Ottoman government, who had been bought, raised as free, and trained for intricate work with the government. Harem girls are another element of slaves in the society that actually rose to very high positions. Slaves could sometimes gain their freedom, too, which sometimes happened in New World slavery, but not nearly as often
Like the African system, the sultan kept the spoils of war, and that included captives from battles. These captives were trained to personally serve the sultan and converted to Islam, as well. This was called the Devirme system, and it was a form of slavery because the sultan had absolute power over the captives. However, these slaves also enjoyed privileges in society, many of them were in the high offices of the military and the state, and they were paid well, too. The sultan also filled his army with young