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Trans-Saharan slave trade

The trans-Saharan slave trade was a Muslim slave trade across the Sahara, from the 7th century until the early-to-mid-20th century. Slaves, primarily from sub-Saharan Africa, were sold throughout the coastal Maghreb, Egypt, the Levant, the Arabian Peninsula, and regions of West Asia.

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Early trans-Saharan slave trade

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Trans-Saharan slave trade in the Middle Ages

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Late trans-Saharan slave trade

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Trans-Saharan slave trade

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Trans-Saharan slave trade → AD, African, Algiers, Antiquity, Arab, Arabs, Berbers, Cairo, Constantinople, During, European, Europeans, Fatimid Caliphate, Following, In North Africa, Middle Ages, Morocco, Nile Valley, North Africa, Nubia

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slaves slave trade black africa sahara trans-saharan century would slavery libya north african migrants also egypt muslim west sub-saharan across

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souksinstance ofSales were held in public places0.80text
Suakininstance ofSlaves headed to Egypt would be carried by boat down the Nile and slaves headed to Arabia would be sent to ports on the Red Sea0.80text
Assabinstance ofSlaves headed to Egypt would be carried by boat down the Nile and slaves headed to Arabia would be sent to ports on the Red Sea0.80text
the ones from Tripoliinstance ofThese include routes0.80text
Awjilainstance ofOases were vital waystations for caravans and those0.80text
Ghadamesinstance ofOases were vital waystations for caravans and those0.80text
and Kufra in Libya allowed both northinstance ofOases were vital waystations for caravans and those0.80text
Al-Zubayr Rahma Mansurinstance ofMerchant princes0.80text
appointed khedive in 1873instance ofMerchant princes0.80text
controlled trade in Bahr el Ghazalinstance ofMerchant princes0.80text
the routes to Kordofaninstance ofMerchant princes0.80text
Darfur.In 1929instance ofMerchant princes0.80text

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