As the fate of the known slaves

Since the time of ancient Egypt to the present day, millions of slaves have lived and died for the anonymous stories. Their lives do not belong to them, their bodies did not belong to them, and even more so they do not belong to their names, they renamed as easily as a dinghy. The brighter the stories of those few who remained in the memory of humanity something more than the subject of buying and selling, two-legged animals, disenfranchised property.

Kayna Inan: poet with a wicked tongue

Kyne in the Arab East called non-Arab slaves, who formed a kind of a special caste. On the one hand, they were poetesses, singer, musician, and often so skilful that received the recognition of prominent people of his time. On the other hand, very often they were forced into prostitution. And, although they were not to choose with whom to stay in bed and lie there, all the condemnation of immorality received, of course, they, and not their masters.

The most famous Cain was considered Inan. She noted as such well-known scholar and writer Al-Isfahani. Inan was the daughter of a Spanish slave who converted to Islam, and its owner-Arab. Inan father sold into slavery, but the age at which this happens is unclear. We only know that it was in the eighth century AD. The new owner spent Inan Majlises - something like a party dedicated to the arts - and soon Majlises with her participation is widely famous. They gathered the most prominent poets of the time, such as Abu Nuwas, Abbas Ibn al-Ahnaf, fuck al-Huzai and Marwan ibn Abi Hafsa.

Inan famous for the fact that participated in the poetry competition with these now-classic artists then word par, entered into poetry and skirmishes caustically, in poetic form as, commented on the verses they represent. Particularly known for its dialogue with Abu Nuwas, in which they exchanged barbs and indecent proposals. Inan especially liked to make fun of a combination of poverty and the craving for a beautiful life, combined in Abu Nuwas. And all these sophisticated insults were decorated most elegant way, with complex allusions and quotations from religious literature.

Inan had slept with dozens of men, and after every such meeting, she made fun of their inability to satisfy a woman. Probably similar verses were its main outlet. The main hope of the redemption of each Kain was one of the customers, so that the slave tried to provoke visitors Majlis and at the same time to captivate them. But alas, to go from Cain concubine Inan could not. They say he Harun al-Rashid at some point is going to buy glorify the poet, but he heard the verses of Abu Nuwas reproached Inan is how many men she slept, and changed his mind. Courtesy of the Caliph told Cain that he was stopped by prohibitively high price, designated the host, but in the city there were rumors that have reached and Inan.

Its owner Inan openly disliked. It is known that one day he flogged her for refusing to speak to his guest. It is also possible, the price assigned to them for Inan really was too high and just shows the Caliph that the owner actually did not intend to part with it.

After the death of Inan owner, however, has got to Harun al-Rashid in the property, on account of payment of debts. To immediately put in place the poet, he sent it to the slave market, as an ordinary slave. But, when shoppers come to offer 200,000 dirhams, he bought it back. Inan became the concubine of the caliph to the end of life and bore him two sons, but both of them, alas, died in infancy. Such a "career" - to find the owner, who will support you until the end of life and will not sell you - was the highest dream of every Kyne. Inan was rescued by her incredible talent.

Harriet Jacobs: slave, who raised his voice against slavery

Harriet was a black slave, already born in captivity, in the beginning of the nineteenth century. Her parents were the roofer mulatto and a slave of the tavern, and they belong to different owners. Harriet's mother died when she was six, his mother and the hostess took the baby to his upbringing. It was a great success for the future writer, because it was taught to read and write the hostess.

The mistress died when Harriet was twelve. By will, Harriet had to withdraw to the mistress of the mother, but the will have altered so that Harriet found herself a slave girl of five years, but in fact - her father, James Norkoma. He molested Harriet since I received it his property. He also denied her request to marry someone else. Trying to find a defense counsel Harriet seduced white. Son and daughter of this novel became, thanks to the laws in force then, as slaves Norkoma. He blackmailed them Harriet.

At twenty-two years, Harriet managed to escape. She was hiding, like a hunted animal, including lived for a while in the tiny space between the roof and the ceiling in the cabin of his grandmother. She keeps trying to hide it, where can see their children, but realized that is powerless to help them anyway.

In the twenty-nine years old Harriet managed to get to the northern states and get help abolitionists. She found a job nanny. Over time, she was able to reunite with her daughter Louise. At the age of thirty, along with their employers Harriet visited in England. She was surprised that in Britain there is no legally enshrined division by race.

In 1861, Harriet published under the pseudonym of the book "Incidents in the Life slave girls", which openly talked about the rape of black slaves. She bitterly recalled how the hosts talked about the Christian faith and virtues, but easy to break the commandments, when it came to slaves - who were as Christians, with the faith professed by the insistence of the hosts. Like the pagans of ancient Rome, many owners have enjoyed the bloody spectacle - whipping slaves or how their dog's torment. Some tortured and killed themselves. And every slave owner, without exception, raping their slaves, apart from her own children the same slave, not his flesh and blood. The book came out incredibly controversial - not because of the facts that were certainly known to many, but because of their frank presentation.

Harriet lived a long life, having seen the official abolition of slavery, and died in Washington at the age of eighty-six. Her letters are carefully preserved daughter Louise.

In addition to black women, constant raped during the colonization of America, and were subjected to an Irish gypsy. They openly used to get more black slaves, enclosing under men from a very young age. Daughters-mulatto these European slaves were used in the same manner and with the same years. By the nineteenth century, this practice has come to nothing, but her victims were thousands of girls and women - because of greed alone slave traders and slave owners.

Praskovja Zhemchugov from drunken father - her husband, the Count

Although it is fashionable to argue, can we consider the Russian serf slaves, but in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, in colloquial speech, literature and letters of serfs constantly mentioned specifically as slaves. Theoretically, they are protected by laws absolutely brutal tyranny. In fact, under Catherine II they were forbidden to complain of their masters.

Paraskevi father was a serf smith Kovalev, the hunchback, who suffers from tuberculosis and alcoholism. It belonged, along with his wife and children, the family of the Count Sheremetev, one of the richest and noblest families in Russia. Paraskevi family was the dowry of Princess Cherkassy, ​​whom he married Pyotr Sheremetev.

On Childhood Paraskevi came the fashion for serf theaters. The villages were selected comely children and taught them music and acting. Pasha proved talent. The more it was shown, the more invested in her home. Together with her music began to teach manners and is now in foreign languages, so that it was not worse than "imported" from Europe actresses. Alias ​​"Zhemchugov" came up with her boss. He was not satisfied with this, too simple-name its actors. At thirteen Pasha has become a diva Sheremetev home theater, playing the role of full-fledged adults. In one of the performances, "Samnite marriages" Praskovya played so well that she decided to see the show queen Catherine. Impressed game Pasha, the queen gave the actress a diamond ring from his hand.

In general, the Pasha was able to get as good as possible in the position of women not having the right to choose with whom to talk to, where to go to sleep or not to sleep with their employer. One was the problem. Even as a child she contracted tuberculosis from his father. Good treatment in the manor house has suspended the disease, but when Nicholas Sheremetev on the orders of Paul moved to St. Petersburg, taking the best actors, the state has deteriorated Paraskevi. She has even lost his voice. As an actress, she became useless.

At her happiness, in love with the owner not sent her back to the village, but on the contrary, gave her and her family throughout their freedom - as a gift to the wedding. Praskovya became the wife of a man much older than herself. Did she love him in return is unknown. Her position was not to love, the choice was between the public to take a position corresponding to her education and personal development, or to remain a slave. Ashamed of the origin of his wife, Sheremetev spread rumors that Praskovya, allegedly from an impoverished Polish noble family.

A year Praskovja bore a son, Dmitri. Childbirth became excessive test for the sick woman, and she died three weeks later. Even when she was only Sheremeteva mistress, she decided to atone for their sins (because it was considered a prostitute, living with a man without marriage) and begged Sheremeteva build a free hospital in Moscow. On the basis of this hospital which was organized by the Institute after Sklifosovsky.