Slavery in Africa
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Slavery has historically been widespread in Africa. Systems of servitude and slavery were once commonplace in parts of Africa, as they were in much of the rest of the ancient and medieval world. When
Burning of a village in Africa and capture of its inhabitants (February 1859)
Slaves for sacrifice at the Annual Customs of Dahomey – from The history of Dahomy, an inland Kingdom of Africa, 1793
Young slave women in Luanda, c. 1897
Malagasy slaves (Andevo) carrying Queen Ranavalona I of Madagascar
Indian Ocean slave trade
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The Indian Ocean slave trade, sometimes known as the East African slave trade, involved the capture and transportation of predominantly sub-Saharan African slaves along the coasts, such as the Swahili
Slavery in Africa
…in parts of Africa, as they were in much of the rest of the ancient and medieval world. When the trans-Saharan slave trade, Red Sea slave trade, Indian Ocean slave trade and Atlantic slave trade (which started in the 16th century) began, many of the pre-existing local African slave systems began supplying captives for…
A sketch of Stone Town showing the old fort and palace from the year 1871 to the year 1875. Zanzibar Stone Town was a port in the Indian Ocean slave trade.
Arab-Swahili slave traders and their captives along the Ruvuma River in Mozambique
A Zanj slave gang in Zanzibar (1889)
The slave market in Zanzibar, c. 1860