Slavery was a long-standing practice in Africa, with systems of servitude and slavery existing in many regions before the transatlantic slave trade emerged in the 16th century. In the same vein, ...

Slavery and society in the central Sudan -- Slavery in the Sokoto Caliphate -- Jihad and slavery: the origins of enslaved Muslims in Bahia -- Competing markets for male and female slaves in the ...

Analysis - For over three centuries, between 1526 and 1866, at least 10.5 million Africans were forcibly trafficked to the Americas in the transatlantic slave trade. Over half of them (with known ...