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The enforcement became laxer as time passed, when janisassarydom became quasi-hereditary, then shit really hit the fan. And yeah, there were stories of some families being eager to sell their kids into slavery, and others cripling them to keep them out of the "blood tax" In its heyday, the...

Um, the Janissaries were still considered slaves to the sultan and were put through pretty rigorous religious indoctrination before that, afterwards they were forbidden from starting families for most of the time the Janissary institution existed. IIRC they had to become Muslims to become active...