Slavery in medieval Europe
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Slavery was widespread in medieval Europe. Europe and North Africa were part of an interconnected trade network across the Mediterranean Sea, and this included slave trading. During the medieval perio
Slavic (saqaliba) and African slaves in Córdoba, Muslim Spain, 1200s
Slave chain lock and key. Sweden, Viking Age (8th–11th centuries)
Christian slaves stand with Jewish merchants while bishop pleads for their release with duke of Bohemia, 1100s
13th-century slave market in Yemen
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
Slavery in medieval Europe
…Slavery was widespread in medieval Europe. Europe and North Africa were part of an interconnected trade network across the Mediterranean Sea, and this included…
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