{"id":1575,"date":"2014-08-27T13:37:50","date_gmt":"2014-08-27T12:37:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buzzsouthafrica.com\/?p=1575"},"modified":"2019-11-07T15:15:05","modified_gmt":"2019-11-07T14:15:05","slug":"african-slavery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buzzsouthafrica.com\/african-slavery\/","title":{"rendered":"African Slavery: When, Where & How It All Started"},"content":{"rendered":"
Although there is a lot of discussion on whether slavery existed within sub-Saharan Africa, what is certain is that Africans were subjected to slavery for centuries. Muslims subjected Africans to chattel slavery through the trans-Saharan slave trade and later on, the same Africans were enslaved by Europeans through trans-Atlantic slave trade in Central, East, and West Africa.<\/p>\n
Slavery, which existed in Africa before colonial, is not the same as the slavery that was later introduced by British and Arabs. British and Muslims introduced chattel slavery; a slavery where a slave is seen as a piece of property that does not have any right. In Africa, slaves were enslaved to pay for a crime or settle some debt. During slavery, the slaves lose the protection of their family and their place in the society.<\/p>\n
Beginning in the 7th century to 20th century, Arab Muslims and Europeans raided Africa and traded on Africans. During this period, thousands of Africans were sent to North Africa, America, and parts of Asian countries. Slave trade went higher between 15th -19th century when Europeans sent millions of slaves to Europe from Caribbean, North, Central, and South Africa. The two transcontinental slave trades affected the economy of African states.<\/p>\n
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