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One of the reasons the European/American slave trade was so "successful" compared to the Arabs is that Arab slave capturing and trading was typically only nearl
by emmelaich 9y ago
One of the reasons the European/American slave trade was so "successful" compared to the Arabs is that Arab slave capturing and trading was typically only nearly the coasts.
I guess large shallow boats such as this were part of that "success".
edit- wikipedia confirms that Clotilde transferred slaves from Dahomey which is now in modern day Benin.
- jjawssd 9y agoEuropean/American slave trade was so "successful" compared to the Arabs because the "European/American" slave merchants and ship captains were predominantly wealthy, influential, and highly organized Jews. https://www.haaretz.com/.premium-from-freedom-to-slavery-1.5245587 https://www.haaretz.com/.premium-from-freedom-to-slavery-1.5...
- baddox 9y agoWould predominantly wealthy, influential, highly organized people who were not Jews not have been just as successful?
- aaron695 9y agoNo. They would not have had the structural resources the Jewish community had. Unless they were part of a large community? In which case which community?
- dang 9y agoWe've banned this account for repeatedly violating the site guidelines.
- supreme_sublime 9y agohttp://atlantablackstar.com/2014/06/02/10-facts-about-the-arab-enslavement-of-black-people-not-taught-in-schools/ http://atlantablackstar.com/2014/06/02/10-facts-about-the-ar... I don't know if it was really less "successful". It lasted longer, and enslaved more. Though it seems the route was more difficult because it was over land instead of by sea.
- emmelaich 9y agoInteresting article. But (as per its FB comments) it seems it is a copy of text from http://www.arabslavetrade.com/ http://www.arabslavetrade.com/ by Owen Alik Shahadah http://africanholocaust.net/shahadah_bio.html http://africanholocaust.net/shahadah_bio.html