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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 | 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 of Peratra]] of 1845 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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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. | 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=== | ===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 | 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 [[Caphiria]]n 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]]. In 1845 the [[Great slave revolt of Peratra]] erupted, led by three brothers, tens of thousands of organized slaves in the countryside attacked their masters in organized fashion and broke free. | ||
===End of the slave trade=== | ===End of the slave trade=== | ||
==Participants== | ==Participants== | ||
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===[[Loa Empire]]=== | ===[[Loa Empire]]=== | ||
==Routes== | ==Routes== | ||
Audonia---->Peratra----->Sarpedon | |||
Xisheng---->Metzetta---->Daxia | |||
==Effects== | ==Effects== | ||
===Human toll=== | ===Human toll=== | ||
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[[Category:Daxia]] | [[Category:Daxia]] | ||
[[Category:Slavery]] | [[Category:Slavery]] | ||
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