Arab slave trade

A photograph of a slave boy in the Sultanate of Zanzibar. 'An Arab master's punishment for a slight offence.' c. 1890. From at least the 1860s onwards, photography was a powerful weapon in the abolitionist arsenal.

Arab slave trade refers to various periods in which a slave trade has been carried out under the auspices of Arab peoples or Arab countries. The Arab slave trades are often associated or connected to the history of slavery in the Muslim world.

Main instances

The main examples of Arabic slave trades are :

• Trans-Saharan slave trade (between the mid-7th century and the 20th century)
• Indian Ocean slave trade (between the antiquity and the early 20th-century)
  • Comoros slave trade (from an unknown time until the mid 19th-century)
  • Zanzibar slave trade (from an unknown time until the early 20th-century)
• Red Sea slave trade (between the antiquity and the mid-20th-century)
• Libyan slave trade (started in the 7th century, ongoing)

See also

• Saqaliba
• Prague slave trade
• Khazar slave trade
• Volga Bulgarian slave trade
• Black Sea slave trade
• Bukhara slave trade
• Khivan slave trade
• History of slavery in the Muslim world