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Background

Before Xia Dynasty, people lived and worked together, led by the tribe leaders. During the prehistoric times – before the establishment of Xia Dynasty, people in China used simple stone tools. It is also called stone age, which is divided into two periods: the Paleolithic age and Neolithic age. According to the historians, people had to work together in order to make a living. They had to fight against natural disasters, beasts, diseases, in order to remain a relatively stable population of a tribe.

Did They Revolt & When Did it End?

No, they did not revolt. As we all know, Zhou Dynasty is the longest dynasty in the history of China, which last for about 1,100 years. During that period, the farming tools were further developed. There were iron tools at the end of Zhou Dynasty. Since Zhou Dynasty was relatively peaceful during the reign of most of the kings and the tools for farming were further developed, some of the slave masters began to stop killing the slaves or applying sever punishment for the bad behaviors of the slaves. After the death of the slave masters, people started to use “pottery man” – like sculpture in the shape of man – to serve them in the underworld. They didn’t kill the slaves any more. However, some of the slave masters kept on killing slaves for sacrifice and their funerals at the same time.

Generally, the slavery society are believed to be ended after the establishment of Qin Dynasty, though there were slaves in remote mountain areas in China until 1950s.

Resources:

  • www.localhistories.org/slavery.html‎
  • slaveryinjustice.wordpress.com/slavery-in-ancient-china/‎
  • https://www.freetheslaves.net/SlaveryinHistory‎

Geographical

History Of Slavery In China

By: Tia Buckner

Why Did Slavery Occur?

Slavery society last for about 1,800 years in China, with minor groups of slaves existed to 1950s in remote mountain areas in China. When there were battles between tribes for food or land, the captured people were killed. By and by, people learned how to grow plants. Therefore, more labors were needed, because it was tedious task to grow vegetable and plants at that time. The tribe leaders realized that it would be much better to keep the captured people from anther tribe and forced them to work in the field. So, the captured people turned into slaves. Many of the Chinese were slaves.

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