You said you were enslaved, but your language is still intact, your writing style is still intact, your religion is still Orthodox. You haven't been Turkified, so how did you become slaves? If you really want to learn about enslavement, look to Africa. That's where the real enslavement is. Taking away your language and forcing you to change your religion, being displayed in a zoo just because you’re black—that’s enslavement. What did we do to you that made you our slaves? During the Ottoman period, trade was in the hands of non-Muslims. Do you think trade rights would be granted to enslaved communities like the Armenians and your own?