The Curious History of Slavery in Africa

[ckaihatsu]

When we think of slavery, most of us think of the racially based slavery that existed in the United States and ultimately sparked a civil war. Very few Americans know that slavery was common throughout the world as well as in Africa, says Sandra E. Greene, History.


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[RedSerb]

People forget about the Arab slave trade which existed long before the Atlantic slave trade. Arab slave trade affected both white people and black people, as Arabs used to sell them across their empires in the Middle East and North Africa.

[willowtooth]

People forget about the Arab slave trade which existed long before the Atlantic slave trade. Arab slave trade affected both white people and black people, as Arabs used to sell them across their empires in the Middle East and North Africa.
They built the pyramids didn't they?