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The '''Southern slave trade''' also called the Cathay slave routes refers to the capture and enslavement of people mainly from the regions of [[Crona]], [[Peratra]] and [[Audonia]] and their transportation across the vastness of the [[Ocean of Cathay]] to [[Sarpedon]]. The trade was regulated by the [[Daxia|Qian dynasty]] and the main participants and executors of it were the [[South Seas Development Company|South Seas Trading Company]] and other large [[Daxia]]n slave cartels. The institution of slavery had existed in [[Daxia]] and its adjacent territories for centuries; the [[United Cities]] had been a state entirely based around the slave trade. But it was not until the territorial campaigns of overseas expansion of the [[Daxia|Qian dynasty]] that slavery got official sanction. Concurrently with this territorial expansion were the first contacts with 'Western' explorers from [[Sarpedon]] and the establishment of [[The Southern Route|the Southern route]] as a viable sea trade corridor to [[Sarpedon]]. The [[Caphiria|Imperium of Caphiria]] had a prodigious need for slaves that far outstripped the reserves of people susceptible to being enslaved in its imperial periphery. The growing economic relation between both powers based on the aforementioned sea route would feed the slave trade for centuries. The profits from the slave trade would grow to such an enormity that the [[Daxia|Qian]] would start wars of aggression in northern [[Crona]] merely to round up more slaves. The operation was not without cost for [[Daxia]], a number of great slave revolts erupted in various parts of the empire, draining the resources of the Qian in costly internal suppression and in lost economic activity. The [[Great slave revolt in xxx]] of xxxx lasted for four years before finally being put down by force, and even then thousands of slaves managed to free themselves. | The '''Southern slave trade''' also called the Cathay slave routes refers to the capture and enslavement of people mainly from the regions of [[Crona]], [[Peratra]] and [[Audonia]] and their transportation across the vastness of the [[Ocean of Cathay]] to [[Sarpedon]]. The trade was regulated by the [[Daxia|Qian dynasty]] and the main participants and executors of it were the [[South Seas Development Company|South Seas Trading Company]] and other large [[Daxia]]n slave cartels. The institution of slavery had existed in [[Daxia]] and its adjacent territories for centuries; the [[United Cities]] had been a state entirely based around the slave trade. But it was not until the territorial campaigns of overseas expansion of the [[Daxia|Qian dynasty]] that slavery got official sanction. Concurrently with this territorial expansion were the first contacts with 'Western' explorers from [[Sarpedon]] and the establishment of [[The Southern Route|the Southern route]] as a viable sea trade corridor to [[Sarpedon]]. The [[Caphiria|Imperium of Caphiria]] had a prodigious need for slaves that far outstripped the reserves of people susceptible to being enslaved in its imperial periphery. The growing economic relation between both powers based on the aforementioned sea route would feed the slave trade for centuries. The profits from the slave trade would grow to such an enormity that the [[Daxia|Qian]] would start wars of aggression in northern [[Crona]] merely to round up more slaves. The operation was not without cost for [[Daxia]], a number of great slave revolts erupted in various parts of the empire, draining the resources of the Qian in costly internal suppression and in lost economic activity. The [[Great slave revolt in xxx]] of xxxx lasted for four years before finally being put down by force, and even then thousands of slaves managed to free themselves. | ||
Not even the outbreak of the [[Daxian Polynesian Wars]] would interrupt the flow of slaves to [[Sarpedon]], powerful economic interests on both sides lobbied for immunity for ships carrying slaves from being boarded or hindered. The flow of slaves began to slow down in the late 18th century as sentiment in the [[Caphiria|Imperium]] began to sour on slaves of foreign origin; various new policies were enacted that made it easier and cheaper to possess Caphirian-born and educated slaves, even the middle classes had access to [[Volonia]]n slaves and Slavic servants from the south. As the flow became a trickle, it eventually made less economic sense to export slaves over great distances; internal trading of slaves on the [[Audonia]]n mainland continued to happen but the margins of profit were far smaller. Growing international distaste for the institution of slavery coupled with the financial collapse of the [[South Seas Development Company|South Seas Trading Company]] had the Qian bureaucracy considering moving away from the practice but did | Not even the outbreak of the [[Daxian Polynesian Wars]] would interrupt the flow of slaves to [[Sarpedon]], powerful economic interests on both sides lobbied for immunity for ships carrying slaves from being boarded or hindered. The flow of slaves began to slow down in the late 18th century as sentiment in the [[Caphiria|Imperium]] began to sour on slaves of foreign origin; various new policies were enacted that made it easier and cheaper to possess Caphirian-born and educated slaves, even the middle classes had access to [[Volonia]]n slaves and Slavic servants from the south. As the flow became a trickle, it eventually made less economic sense to export slaves over great distances; internal trading of slaves on the [[Audonia]]n mainland continued to happen but the margins of profit were far smaller. Growing international distaste for the institution of slavery coupled with the financial collapse of the [[South Seas Development Company|South Seas Trading Company]] had the Qian bureaucracy considering moving away from the practice, but this did not happen; slave labor was still in use during the [[Second Great War]] and continued to exist until the end of the dynasty; the new republican government under [[Dai Hanjian]] finally banned the practice in 1949. The troubled legacy of the southern slave trade and [[Daxia]]'s role in it continues to cast a dark pall in relations between [[Daxia]] and many countries in [[Crona]] and elsewhere. Daxian governments have repeatedly refused to issue any apologies or any type of compensation; in their view the matter is only a subject for historians to discuss. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
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By the end of the era of strife and the inauguration of the Shang dynasty, the emperor [[Cao Kun]] decreed the restoration of the [[Code of Heise]] with several amendments prohibiting the type of excesses seen during the era of strife. The overall number of slaves decreased during the Shang period as internal sources were limited by law and the power of the [[Degei Confederation]] waxed; the Shang had no wish to antagonize it needlessly simply to acquire slaves. The one sure entity providing slaves to the Shang was its tributary state of [[Nasrad]], which either bought them or captured them from raids into the [[Arunid Empire]]. The Shang dynasty and its scholars held these brown skinned people to be potentially superlative warriors(that they had been captured in the first place was due to Nasrid trickery), the Shang would train them to serve as slave-soldiers. An institution known as the Puren Zhijia, which very roughly translates to the House of the Servants, drilled the slaves in formation fighting as spearmen. The dynasty was interested in lowering its reliance on peasant infantrymen who had to be taken away from their duties as farmers during the harvest season, poor harvests quickly led to instability. If the slaves could take their place on the battlefield, this situation could be easily prevented. In any case the supply of slaves available to the Shang dynasty never reached the levels needed for it to truly replace all of its infantry with trained slaves. | By the end of the era of strife and the inauguration of the Shang dynasty, the emperor [[Cao Kun]] decreed the restoration of the [[Code of Heise]] with several amendments prohibiting the type of excesses seen during the era of strife. The overall number of slaves decreased during the Shang period as internal sources were limited by law and the power of the [[Degei Confederation]] waxed; the Shang had no wish to antagonize it needlessly simply to acquire slaves. The one sure entity providing slaves to the Shang was its tributary state of [[Nasrad]], which either bought them or captured them from raids into the [[Arunid Empire]]. The Shang dynasty and its scholars held these brown skinned people to be potentially superlative warriors(that they had been captured in the first place was due to Nasrid trickery), the Shang would train them to serve as slave-soldiers. An institution known as the Puren Zhijia, which very roughly translates to the House of the Servants, drilled the slaves in formation fighting as spearmen. The dynasty was interested in lowering its reliance on peasant infantrymen who had to be taken away from their duties as farmers during the harvest season, poor harvests quickly led to instability. If the slaves could take their place on the battlefield, this situation could be easily prevented. In any case the supply of slaves available to the Shang dynasty never reached the levels needed for it to truly replace all of its infantry with trained slaves. | ||
It was the Qian dynasty that began in the 1500's CE that really made the use of slavery a cornerstone of its economic policies. Qian seafaring exploration took them first to the north of [[Crona]] and the gates of the [[Nysdra Sea]]. The island of [[Cao]] had been captured by the predecessors of the Qian, the Zhong, who had left most of the native population in place. The Qian decided to uproot the vast majority, almost eighty percent of the non-Daxian islanders were taken as slaves to be sold in the mainland. Qian pirates and raiders took to capturing slaves from all around the Nysdra south coast and taking them to [[Cao]] which became a prominent slave market on its own. The slave trade led to skirmishes with [[Varshan]] but their inadequate power at sea ensured these did not escalate into open war, very often the Zurgs were simply paid off to look the other way. The rulers of the [[Chimoche]] and [[Ixa'Taka]] also routinely engaged in the trade and sold their own 'excess' or troublesome subjects to [[Daxia]], in time the contacts would expand and give the Qian their first foothold in what would eventually become [[Xisheng]]. The [[Daxian colonization of Australis]] opened new, untapped sources of manual labor. Compared to the strong, centralized states of [[Crona]], the tribe kingdoms of [[Peratra]] were technologically backward and not strong enough to resist. The Qian colonies in [[Peratra]] became the premier recruitment grounds for slaves. The discovery and establishment of [[The Southern Route|the southern route]] between [[Audonia]] and [[Sarpedon]] and regular contacts between the Qian in [[Peratra]] and other white 'Easterners' led to an explosion in the number of slaves changing hands. | It was the Qian dynasty that began in the 1500's CE that really made the use of slavery a cornerstone of its economic policies. Qian seafaring exploration took them first to the north of [[Crona]] and the gates of the [[Nysdra Sea]]. The island of [[Cao]] had been captured by the predecessors of the Qian, the Zhong, who had left most of the native population in place. The Qian decided to uproot the vast majority, almost eighty percent of the non-Daxian islanders were taken as slaves to be sold in the mainland. Qian pirates and raiders took to capturing slaves from all around the Nysdra south coast and taking them to [[Cao]] which became a prominent slave market on its own. The slave trade led to skirmishes with [[Varshan]] but their inadequate power at sea ensured these did not escalate into open war, very often the Zurgs were simply paid off to look the other way. The rulers of the [[Chimoche]] and [[Ixa'Taka]] also routinely engaged in the trade and sold their own 'excess' or troublesome subjects to [[Daxia]], in time the contacts would expand and give the Qian their first foothold in what would eventually become [[Xisheng]]. The [[Daxian colonization of Australis]] opened new, untapped sources of manual labor. Compared to the strong, centralized states of [[Crona]], the tribe kingdoms of [[Peratra]] were technologically backward and not strong enough to resist. The Qian colonies in [[Peratra]] became the premier recruitment grounds for slaves. The discovery and establishment of [[The Southern Route|the southern route]] between [[Audonia]] and [[Sarpedon]] and regular contacts between the Qian in [[Peratra]] and other white 'Easterners' led to an explosion in the number of slaves changing hands. A curious facet of the Qian dynasty's involvement in the slave trade was its policy in regard to slaves afflicted with [[Dwarfism in Daxia|Dwarfism]]. Dwarfs who happened to be captured by one of the slaving partners of the empire were usually sold at a premium to government agents and taken to the palace school in [[Daguo]] to be educated and serve the dynasty in various capacities; while not exactly free to leave they no longer had the status of slaves. In certain provinces of the empire, officials made it so that not turning over dwarfs to the government was a crime and people caught keeping dwarfs as slaves could be imprisoned for it. | ||
===Caphirian connection and zenith of the trade=== | ===Caphirian connection, inroads into [[Vallos]] and zenith of the trade=== | ||
[[File:Qianslaves15.jpg|thumb|Illustration of the flesh markets of [[Rakahanga|Rakin]] by | [[File:Qianslaves15.jpg|thumb|Illustration of the flesh markets of [[Rakahanga|Rakin]] by Sagon Kwang-Ho]] | ||
A relative newcomer to trade with [[Audonia]], the [[Caphiria|Imperium of Caphiria]] had deeper pockets than the [[Carto-Pelaxian Commonwealth]] and soon eclipsed it in regards to trade with the Qian dynasty. [[Caphiria]]n need for manual labor was nigh inexhaustible and continental sources were limited to greek and slavic populations of the imperial outskirts. While ordinarily [[Pelaxia]]ns and [[Cartadania]]ns would have fulfilled the conditions to be enslaved by Caphiria, political expediency and tight economic relations might have meant they were not as readily taken into slavery. Slaves from the domains of the Qian dynasty were plentiful, relatively cheap and ethnically alien to the Caphirian masses, they could be readily dehumanized and exploited as their masters saw fit. The first batch of slaves from the Qian were thirty Muslim eunuchs given as a gift to the banker [[Ottorio Adelistian Malessar]] for his good diplomatic offices. He was given eunuchs so he could not breed them and make more slaves on his own, he would have to buy them from the Qian if he wanted more of the same quality. Soon flesh markets would sprout in disorderly manner all over [[Zhijun]], [[Truk]] and [[Peratra]]. To firmly control the slave trade, the Qian empowered the [[South Seas Development Company|South Seas Trading Company]] to create its own mechanisms of control and taxation on behalf of the dynasty. The Company created the Central Divan of Control to manage the maintainment of standards in the flesh markets, the collection of taxes and duties on sold slaves, the insurance of slave batches and the organization of fleet detachments to provide protection to slave ship convoys. The Company would initially only serve as an administrative agent facilitating the trade but by | A relative newcomer to trade with [[Audonia]], the [[Caphiria|Imperium of Caphiria]] had deeper pockets than the [[Carto-Pelaxian Commonwealth]] and soon eclipsed it in regards to trade with the Qian dynasty. [[Caphiria]]n need for manual labor was nigh inexhaustible and continental sources were limited to greek and slavic populations of the imperial outskirts. While ordinarily [[Pelaxia]]ns and [[Cartadania]]ns would have fulfilled the conditions to be enslaved by Caphiria, political expediency and tight economic relations might have meant they were not as readily taken into slavery. Slaves from the domains of the Qian dynasty were plentiful, relatively cheap and ethnically alien to the Caphirian masses, they could be readily dehumanized and exploited as their masters saw fit. The first batch of slaves from the Qian were thirty Muslim eunuchs given as a gift to the banker [[Ottorio Adelistian Malessar]] for his good diplomatic offices during the negotiations of 1628. He was given eunuchs so he could not breed them and make more slaves on his own, he would have to buy them from the Qian if he wanted more of the same quality. Soon flesh markets would sprout in disorderly manner all over [[Zhijun]], [[Truk]] and [[Peratra]]. To firmly control the slave trade, the Qian empowered the nascent [[South Seas Development Company|South Seas Trading Company]] to create its own mechanisms of control and taxation on behalf of the dynasty. The Company created the Central Divan of Control to manage the maintainment of standards in the flesh markets, the collection of taxes and duties on sold slaves, the insurance of slave batches and the organization of fleet detachments to provide protection to slave ship convoys. The Company would initially only serve as an administrative agent facilitating the trade but by 1640's it was profiting directly from it, and its control of the central divan made it an unequal competitor that began to dominate the trade. The Qian government was not unaware of this manipulation of its authority to profit but generous bribes were directed at key imperial bureaucrats, and it was seen as preferrable and more practical to deal with a single slaver interest than several. | ||
The [[South Seas Development Company|South Seas Trading Company]] employed many gangs of former pirates and bandits to conduct its operations in [[Peratra]]. It also hired members of the Kaua tribe, a native group that made slavery its primary activity and who in this manner became a Qian client group. It sourced slaves from Muslim Audonian nations through intermediaries, prominent among these were the Walid brothers who operated in | The [[South Seas Development Company|South Seas Trading Company]] employed many gangs of former pirates and bandits to conduct its operations in [[Peratra]]. It also hired members of the Kaua tribe, a native group that made slavery its primary activity and who in this manner became a Qian client group. It sourced slaves from Muslim Audonian nations through intermediaries, prominent among these were the Walid brothers who operated in 1660's [[Tabish]]. The Walid brothers were high ranking members of the Nasser tribe, one of the largest tribes of the territory that is now southern [[Rusana]]. The Nasser tribe were well known for being indiscriminate slavers, they would capture and sell even fellow Muslims. The Nasser tribe was an authority unto itself that could routinely challenge local emirs, their power and connections made them reliable partners in the slave market. Audonian Muslims were seen in [[Caphiria]] as capable and obedient breeds, very useful in higher positions such as guards and foremen over other slaves, they were also considered cruel and so even more well suited for keeping their fellow slaves submissive. These suppliers dealt with the [[Daxia]]ns initially in informal ways, deals often agreed upon with a simple handshake. The company introduced contracts that evolved over time and became more stringent and confusing, often with hidden clauses and penalties. Failure to deliver a batch of slaves in the agreed numbers, races and of the specific quality and training could be punished by company officials with punitive fines and seizure of other assets such as buildings and ships; the company often manipulated events in order to force some of its partners to inadvertently breach their contracts and this be able to seize a desired asset. This chicanery enabled the company to extend its tentacles in the principalities of [[Rusana]] seamlessly. | ||
=== | In 1728, ambassadors from the [[South Seas Development Company|South Seas Trading Company]] approached the [[Loa Empire]] to cement an agreement to provide it with slave labor. The empire's economy was heavily reliant on labor intensive sugar plantations and Káámarakatu Raiai'ikaokao was eager to acquire more slaves to maintain production and [[Kiravia]]n tribute quotas. One particular stipulation of the contract was that no Polynesian slaves be sold to the empire as this would be seen as highly offensive to the [[Loa]] people. The empire in turn agreed to pay for the slave shipments with gold coins, ornate rifles and boxes of rare spices. The port city of Aetialo became the most important easternmost port of call to trade and rest for the slaver armadas traveling to [[Sarpedon]]. Another important customer was the [[Kingdom of Isekuende]], a subunit of the empire; Isekuende imported mostly Muslim slaves. Of those bought, many thousands died under harsh and brutal conditions but those who survived were eventually assimilated and are today known as the [[Safa Loa]]. The slave trade served to increase contacts between Qian [[Daxia]] and the Loa in other areas, for example Raiai'ikaokao would acquire [[Daxia]]n rocket weapons at ludicrous cost and use them to great effect in her territorial conquests and some [[Loa]] would migrate to the Daxian controlled island of [[Truk]] (these are different from the later waves who migrated during the Takatta civil war, the first are thus known as the Old Loa as opposed to the New Loa). Not all was seamless trade however, there were also isolated violent incidents such as [[Prince Mog's War]] during which the [[Prince Mog]] waged an unsanctioned war to try and capture the islands of [[xxx]] from the [[Loa Empire|Loa]]. The indirect rule of the Loa Káámarakatu over several of the semi-independent kingdoms sometimes led to misunderstandings or hostility from various Daxian actors. | ||
===Slave uprisings and decline of demand=== | |||
The demand and rationale for slave labor had its peak during the 17th and 18th centuries. Beginning in the 19th century, sociopolitical changes in the [[Caphiria|Imperium]] forced a rethinking of slavery and began to give way to a preference for local labor from among the ''indigeni'' and ''peregrini'' classes rather than relying on foreign chattel. The nations of [[Vallos]] were undergoing their own upheavals and in any case the size of their economies was not large enough to compensate from the marked decrease in Caphirian demand for slaves. Concurrently the spread of abolitionist ideas through the world resonated with individuals in bondage, uprisings and violent revolts became increasingly frequent. One such revolt erupted in [[Cao]] during the winter of 1831, quickly growing out of control and managing to overtake half of the island before being suppressed. Several uprisings in [[Xisheng]] took place with the covert support of [[Varshan]]. | |||
===End of the slave trade=== | ===End of the slave trade=== | ||
==Participants== | ==Participants== | ||
===[[Daxia|Qian dynasty]]=== | ===[[Daxia|Qian dynasty]]=== | ||
===[[South Seas Development Company|South Seas Trading Company]]=== | ===[[South Seas Development Company|South Seas Trading Company]]=== | ||
=== | ===Nasser tribe confederation=== | ||
===[[Loa Empire]]=== | |||
==Routes== | ==Routes== | ||
==Effects== | ==Effects== | ||
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*[[South Seas Development Company]] | *[[South Seas Development Company]] | ||
*[[Burgoignesc slave trade]] | |||
[[Category:Daxia]] | [[Category:Daxia]] | ||
[[Category:Slavery]] | [[Category:Slavery]] | ||
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