An introduction to the Indian Ocean slave trade

Williams, Karen
http://mediadiversified.org/2016/05/04/an-introduction-to-the-indian-ocean-slave-trade/
Date Written:  2016-05-04
Publisher:  Media Diversified
Year Published:  2016
Resource Type:  Article
Cx Number:  CX19530

The Indian Ocean slave trade encompassed Africa, Asia and the Middle East, with people from these areas involved as both captors and captives. The numbers of people enslaved and the exact length of the trans-Indian slave trade have not been definitively established, but historians believe that it preceded the transatlantic enslavement by centuries. Even though it is largely ignored as an international slave trade, examples of its impact abound. Writing on Indian Ocean slavery frequently mentions African people in China and Persia as well as in the Muslim holy cities of Mecca and Medina, which also served as central slave markets.

Subject Headings

Insert T_CxShareButtonsHorizontal.html here