whilst there were many different slave routes the Atlantic slave trade of 12 million people was larger than the Indian Ocean slave trade of 8 or so million peop

whilst there were many different slave routes the Atlantic slave trade of 12 million people was larger than the Indian Ocean slave trade of 8 or so million people over a thousand years. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Ocean_slave_trade https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Ocean_slave_trade I hadn’t heard of the Zanj Rebellion of the 9th century in Basra: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zanj_Rebellion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zanj_Rebellion