They lived in large houses with tile roofs, courtyards, and gardens. Fine furniture and silk hangings filled their rooms, and their houses were surrounded by walls to keep out bandits.
Douglass portrays the slave traders and agents for slave traders as men auctioning for cattle instead of human beings. The slave traders and agents for slave traders at no point stop to think what they are doing is wrong, instead, it is business as usual and they are eager to acquire misbehaved slaves at steep discounts, much the same as farmers will bid pennies on the dollar for underweight farm animals.
The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and the Shining Path in Peru are both communist guerrilla groups. The FARC is a "guerrilla movement involved in the continuing Colombian armed conflict since 1964" and Shining Path is a "Maoist guerrilla insurgent organization in Peru."
Genoa and Venice became rich with sea trade. Milan showed its wealth and power. Florence was a banking and trading center.
I am pretty sure they did everything except force people to stay in jobs. I am not certain, though.
