Disadvantages:
Smaller population
No factories
Economy reliant on North
Less centralized government
The Islamic Empire gained wealth through military conquest, trade, pilgrimage
A consensus is an important skill a leader should posses in order to unite his subordinates. in a group, every person have different ideas on how to tackle things, so it must be the task of the leader to make the general agreement on what to do, he must have the right judgement
The government spends more money and charges lower taxes
An indentured servant was someone who would pay for his journey to the US or for his debt by serving the person who helped him and after a while the debt would be over and the person would be free. The person would have all rights like regular people. Slaves had no rights at all and were not even observed as people and their slavery would never end unless the owner specifically freed them. Slavery was not contractual unlike indentured serviture.