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gladium et scutum

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3. We find the concept so repugnant today

Reply to COL Mustard (Reply #1)

Sun Feb 7, 2021, 07:30 PM

Feb 2021

The practice still continues in some places on this planet and the practice of slavery goes back to the dawn of what we refer to a civilization. Unfortunately humans have lived with slavery longer than they have lived without it.

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We find the concept so repugnant today gladium et scutum Feb 2021 #3