History of slavery
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The history of slavery spans many different cultures, tribes, nationalities and religions from ancient periods to the present day. Likewise, its victims have come from many different ethnicities and r
Slaves in chains during the period of Roman rule at Smyrna (present-day İzmir), 200 AD.
13th century slave market in Yemen.
Arab slave-trading caravan transporting Sub-Saharan African slaves across the Sahara, 19th-century engraving
Black slave, Ptolemaic Egypt, 2nd/1st century BC.
Slavery
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Slavery is the ownership of a person as property, especially in regard to their labour. It is an economic phenomenon and its history resides in economic history. Slavery typically involves compulsory
History of slavery
…The history of slavery spans many different cultures, tribes, nationalities and religions from ancient periods to the present day. Likewise, its victims have come from many…
Peter, a slave from Louisiana, in 1863. The scars are the result of a whipping by his overseer.
A poster for a slave auction in Georgia, U.S., 1860
Portrait of an older woman in New Orleans with her enslaved servant girl in the mid-19th century