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Comment author: Eugine_Nier 04 December 2012 05:48:47AM *  4 points [-]

In parallel, major slave revolts in continental North America also happened about once every generation (it's hard to compare to peasant revolts because the historical record is better).

For a striking contrast with North American slavery, consider the case of slavery in ancient Greece and Rome, where they where, despite the occasional rebellion, sufficiently confident in how much control they had over their slaves to use them as cops and prison guards.