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From your quotes: "10 to 18 million people enslaved" vs "12.5 million shipped from Africa" (that is, discounting slaves born in the Americas). But no matter -
by lbebber 10y ago
From your quotes: "10 to 18 million people enslaved" vs "12.5 million shipped from Africa" (that is, discounting slaves born in the Americas).
But no matter - even if it was worse somewhere else, the point is that American slavery was, yes, something especially terrible - and, importantly, with consequences still felt today - that should definitely be viewed through "special lens".
- brbsix 10y agoThe wording is vague, but I believe it's also in reference to the number of slaves shipped. One of the Wikipedia page's sources is "Islam's Black Slaves" by Ronald Segal. He estimates the total number of African slaves shipped to the Muslim world at 11.5-14 million. Raymond Mauvy estimates it at 14 million shipped. I wasn't able to find a good estimate for total number ever enslaved for either the Americas or the Muslim world.