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  2. Slavery in Japan - Wikipedia

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    Slavery in Japan. Japan had an official slave system from the Yamato period (3rd century A.D.) until Toyotomi Hideyoshi abolished it in 1590. Afterwards, the Japanese government facilitated the use of " comfort women " as sex slaves from 1932 to 1945.

  3. Slavery in Asia - Wikipedia

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    Slavery persisted into the Sengoku period (1467–1615), but the attitude that slavery was anachronistic had become widespread. [88] Oda Nobunaga is said to have had an African slave or former-slave in his retinue. [89] [dubious – discuss] Korean prisoners of war were shipped to Japan as slaves during the Japanese invasions of Korea in the ...

  4. Timeline of abolition of slavery and serfdom - Wikipedia

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    However some limited cases of slavery continued until the 17th century in some of France's Mediterranean harbours in Provence, as well as until the 18th century in some of France's overseas territories. [ 22 ] Most aspects of serfdom are also eliminated de facto between 1315 and 1318. [ 23 ] 1318.

  5. History of slavery - Wikipedia

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    Capture in war, voluntary servitude and debt slavery became common within the British Isles before 1066. The Bodmin manumissions show both that slavery existed in 9th and 10th Century Cornwall and that many Cornish slave owners did set their slaves free. Slaves were routinely bought and sold.

  6. History of Japan - Wikipedia

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    History of Japan. The first human inhabitants of the Japanese archipelago have been traced to the Paleolithic, around 38–39,000 years ago. [ 1 ] The Jōmon period, named after its cord-marked pottery, was followed by the Yayoi period in the first millennium BC when new inventions were introduced from Asia.

  7. Nanban trade - Wikipedia

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    Nanban trade (南蛮貿易, Nanban bōeki, "Southern barbarian trade") or the Nanban trade period (南蛮貿易時代, Nanban bōeki jidai, "Southern barbarian trade period") was a period in the history of Japan from the arrival of Europeans in 1543 to the first Sakoku Seclusion Edicts of isolationism in 1614. [note 1] Nanban (南蛮, "Southern ...

  8. Serfdom - Wikipedia

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    Domestic servant. Vagabond. Serf / Villein / Bordar / Cottar. Slave. v. t. e. Serfdom was the status of many peasants under feudalism, specifically relating to manorialism, and similar systems. It was a condition of debt bondage and indentured servitude with similarities to and differences from slavery.

  9. Black people in Japan - Wikipedia

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    Jero was the first black enka singer in history. Asuka Cambridge (born 1993), Jamaica-born sprinter. Pape Mour Faye (born 1986), Senegal-born basketballer. Samba Faye (born 1987), Senegal-born basketballer. Chris Hart (born 1984), US-born pop singer. Jero (born 1981), US-born enka singer.