Today, 116 years ago, on February 6, 1909 (January 16, 1909), the slavery system, which continued for more than two thousand years, was declared to end. On February 6, 1909, the Qing Tribunal issued a decree prohibiting the accumulation and sale of slaves, and the slavery system ended after more than two thousand years. China's slavery system from Qing, Han undertook attacks, all dynasties, officials, and rich landowners, all occupied a large number of slaves. In the beginning of Qing, because of a large number of slave escape events, the government had specifically formulated the Escape Law, to punish the escape of slaves. During the years of Qing, there were so-called "salvation for the people", "publishment for the people", but did