Different mentality for slaves. Europeans viewed slaves as an investment as a return on their money over time.
The middle east viewed slaves as tools and a resource. You could always just get another slave so it didn't matter it you castrated said slave or worked them to death. You just get a new one.
Different mentality for slaves. Europeans viewed slaves as an investment as a return on their money over time.
The middle east viewed slaves as tools and a resource. You could always just get another slave so it didn't matter it you castrated said slave or worked them to death. You just get a new one.
The law of marginal utility really fucked us.
Christian ethics also compelled European slave owners to treat their slaves somewhat humanely. (Obviously there were exceptions.)