In our last episode, we looked at the widespread systems of slavery that existed in Africa before the Europeans and the Arabs arrived. In this episode, we look at the East African Slave Trade. Although it operated longer than the Atlantic slave trade, East Africa exported many millions more African slaves across the eastern world than what occurred on the Atlantic side of the continent.
The East African Slave Trade was empowered by African rulers and warlords but dominated by Arab slave traders. Eventually the French and then the Portuguese took over this segment of the African slave trade. This is one of the bloodiest and most oppressive stories of human history that continued for centuries.
This is the second piece in our section on the History of Africa podcast series that covers the topic of slavery in Africa’s history.
Read more about some of the topics discussed in this episode:
- History of Haiti
- The Story of East Africa’s Role in the Transatlantic Slave Trade
- Indian Ocean Slavery
- Forgotten Slavery: The Arab-Slave Trade
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