‘One notable innovation concerned the status of enslaved women who bore their master’s children: these women, known as 𝘶𝘮𝘮 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘥 – “mother of the child” – were not allowed to be sold.’
@youssefbens.bsky.social on a new account of slavery in the Islamic world.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
That slavery persisted in Muslim societies well into the 20th century is undeniable. More questions need to be asked...
