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28. the Arab slave trade lasted 14 centuries

Wed Oct 18, 2017, 03:10 PM

Oct 2017

Last edited Wed Oct 18, 2017, 05:49 PM - Edit history (1)

And involved around 30 million Africans, though some scholars put the number much higher. Some countries (like KSA) didn't take the laws allowing slaves off the "books" until the 1980s.

http://originalpeople.org/the-arab-muslim-slave-trade-of-africans-the-untold-story/

Eta the Arab slave trade still continues to this day but it's gone underground.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2017/04/05/a-maid-begged-for-help-before-falling-from-a-window-in-kuwait-her-boss-made-a-video-instead/

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