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Anglo-Saxon England had slaves and even slave markets. Under the Normans, it seems slavery declined and then vanished. Is that correct? If so, why did it happen? Was it a gradual evolution, or did the Normans pass specific laws about it?

by /u/The_Manchurian in /r/AskHistorians

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