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After recapturing the island Chios during the Greek War of Independence Ottoman forces murdered over 25,000 of its inhabitants and sold an additional 45,000, mostly women and children, into slavery as punishment. How many of these people were ransomed or repatriated after Greek independence?

by /u/nowlan101 in /r/AskHistorians

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