WOMEN IN THE INSTITUTION OF SLAVERY AND SLAVE TRADE BETWEEN 1500 AND 1850: A CHRONOLOGICAL EVALUATION

Year 2018, , 451 - 474, 31.01.2018

Furkan Yıldız

https://doi.org/10.21550/sosbilder.345163

Abstract

The study focuses on the transformation in societies’
slavery related practices, particularly female slavery, depending upon social
periods which can be listed as tribalism, classical antiquity, feudalism and
capitalism. Particularly after tribalism which means urbanization, slavery has
been treated as a manpower for production, a service for household duties and
concubinage for masters’ desires by societies. During these periods, female
slavery has dramatically transformed from household slavery to concubinage.
This situation, particularly in capitalism, has turned into brutal practices.

The main aim of the study is to show women’ situation
in three main slave trades and to analyse why practical differences occur in
them. The method of study is chronological evaluation in order to assess the
differences among social periods, genders and societies’ women related
perceptions. The study highlights the roles of slave trades not only for
victims but also for societies. The practical brutalism in slave trades both
female and male victims until the mid-19^th century was one of the
darkest side of history. In this regard, the study analyses every social period
to consider, highlight and evaluate not only for understanding why there are
practical differences between genders and but also for demonstrating the
history of slavery and slave trade. 

Keywords

Slave Trade, Social Periods, Female Slavery, Middle Passage

1500 ve 1850 Yılları Arasındaki Kölelik ve Köle Ticaretinde Kadın: Kronolojik Bir Değerlendirme

Abstract

Bu çalışma,,
kabilecilik, klasik antik dönem, feodalizm ve kapitalizm sosyal dönemlerinde
toplumların kölelikle ve özellikle kadın köleliği ile ilgili uygulamalarındaki
dönüşüm üzerinde durmuştur. Özellikle kabilecilik döneminden sonra ki bu
yerleşik hayat anlamına gelmekte, kölelik üretim için iş gücü, ev işleri için
bir servis ve köle sahiplerinin cinsel talepleri doğrultusunda bir uygulama
olarak algılanmıştır. Bu sosyal dönemler sırasında, kadın köleliği ciddi
şekilde evirilmiş ve ev hizmetlerini yürütmek olan görev tanımı harem kadını
şekline bürünmüştür. Bu durum, kapitalizm döneminde de vahşi bir şekil
almıştır.

Bu çalışmanın
temel amacı üç ana köle ticareti dönemini anlatmak ve ortaya çıkan uygulamaya
yönelik farkları analiz etmektir. Çalışmada, toplumların sosyal dönemler,
cinsiyetler ve kadın köleliği ile ilgili olarak ortaya koydukları algı
farklarını ortaya koymak için kronolojik bir değerlendirme yapılacaktır.
Çalışma, köle ticaretinin etkisini sadece köleler için değil aynı zamanda
toplumlar için de vurgulayacaktır. 19. Yüzyılın ortalarına kadar köle
ticaretinde kadın ve erkek kurbanların maruz kaldıkları vahşi uygulama tarihin
en karanlık noktalarından biridir. Bu bağlamda, çalışma, her sosyal dönemi
sadece cinsiyetler arasında neden köle ticaretinde farklar var anlamak için
değil aynı zamanda kölelik tarihini ve köle ticaretlerini göstermek için analiz
edecektir.

Keywords

Köle Ticareti, Sosyal Dönemler, Kadın Köleliği, Yolculuk Dönemi

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