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HOWEVER, there was a complicated system that basically was slavery involving the Germans in the colonies themselves, but it never brought slaves to Germany itself. It was basically that the local tribes in West Africa were allowed to continue their tradition to keep slaves, and their children would still be considered slave, as was tradition too. BUT the Germans established a system that allowed a person that was a slave to buy its freedom for a set price. There was a certificate of freemdom that could be bought even by Germans. So if you wanted a slave, you went and bought some from a local tribe. You got their certificates of freedom, and held onto it and let them work until you did no longer need them/they were no longer useful to you. Then you gave them their certificate, and they were regular Africans, no longer slaves.
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HOWEVER, there was a complicated system that basically was slavery involving the Germans in the colonies themselves, but it never brought slaves to Germany itself (at least not on a large scale. I am sure someone might have brought some black guy home with them at some point. I don\\\'t know if he would still be a slave, or not once he came to Germany.). It was basically that the local tribes in West Africa were allowed to continue their tradition to keep slaves, and their children would still be considered slave, as was tradition too. BUT the Germans established a system that allowed a person that was a slave to buy its freedom for a set price. There was a certificate of freemdom that could be bought even by Germans. So if you wanted a slave, you went and bought some from a local tribe. You got their certificates of freedom, and held onto it and let them work until you did no longer need them/they were no longer useful to you. Then you gave them their certificate, and they were regular Africans, no longer slaves.
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*In an episode of American Dad!, Klaus makes a joke about black Germans as though they\\\'re an entirely fictitious thing. In real life, there have been black people in Germany for centuries. Like many other European countries, Germany\\\'s history of Colonialism means that there are many descendants of slaves and African immigrants still living there.
Germany does have people descended from black immigrants, and also had colonialism. But it didn\\\'t have slavery of blacks from their colonies in the way the US had. We did not bring black people here, so we don\\\'t have people descended from former slaves the way the US does. In fact, they forbade the ownership and trade of slave for Germans in the colonies too.
HOWEVER, there was a complicated system that basically was slavery involving the Germans in the colonies themselves, but it never brought slaves to Germany itself. It was basically that the local tribes in West Africa were allowed to continue their tradition to keep slaves, and their children would still be considered slave, as was tradition too. BUT the Germans established a system that allowed a person that was a slave to buy its freedom for a set price. There was a certificate of freemdom that could be bought even by Germans. So if you wanted a slave, you went and bought some from a local tribe. You got their certificates of freedom, and held onto it and let them work until you did no longer need them/they were no longer useful to you. Then you gave them their certificate, and they were regular Africans, no longer slaves.
This is, of course, slavery too. The government did not approve of actual slavery, but this system was tolerated.
Oh, as for slavery in general, I guess the feudal system way back is a way of slavery. Of course, you can discuss when Germany (or any country in Europe) became its current form, and stopped being their historical version (like the Holy Roman Empire of German Nations, which actually included large parts of what is today Austria, all of Switzerland, large parts of Northern Italy, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxemburg, and the area along the Rhine river in France.), but still, the middle ages had what can be considered slavery in that you are working land that belongs to someone else, and you have to give some of it to the owner of the land. It\\\'s still in practice (farmers still loan land from owners sometimes, though not always), but that\\\'s something you choose to do these days. Back then you did not usually have much choice.
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Germany does have people descended from black immigrants, and also had colonialism. But it didn\\\'t have slavery of blacks from their colonies in the way the US had. We did not bring black people here, so we don\\\'t have people descended from former slaves the way the US does. In fact, they forbade the ownership and trade of slave for Germans in the colonies too.
HOWEVER, there was a complicated system that basically was slavery involving the Germans in the colonies themselves, but it never brought slaves to Germany itself. It was basically that the local tribes in West Africa were allowed to continue their tradition to keep slaves, and their children would still be considered slave, as was tradition too. BUT the Germans established a system that allowed a person that was a slave to buy its freedom for a set price. There was a certificate of freemdom that could be bought even by Germans. So if you wanted a slave, you went and bought some from a local tribe. You got their certificates of freedom, and held onto it and let them work until you did no longer need them/they were no longer useful to you. Then you gave them their certificate, and they were regular Africans, no longer slaves.
This is, of course, slavery too. The government did not approve of actual slavery, but this system was tolerated.
Oh, as for slavery in general, I guess the feudal system way back is a way of slavery. Of course, you can discuss when Germany (or any country in Europe) became its current form, and stopped being their historical version (like the Holy Roman Empire of German Nations, which actually included large parts of what is today Austria, all of Switzerland, large parts of Northern Italy, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxemburg, and the area along the Rhine river in France.), but still, the middle ages had what can be considered slavery in that you are working land that belongs to someone else, and you have to give some of it to the owner of the land. It\\\'s still in practice (farmers still loan land from owners sometimes, though not always), but that\\\'s something you choose to do these days. Back then you did not usually have much choice.
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http://www.city-data.com/forum/history/1485198-did-germans-ever-have-black-slaves.html
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To me, they\'re not.
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To me, they\\\'re not. Should replace \\\"compare\\\" with \\\"not to be confused with\\\".
