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This isn't very surprising. The vast majority of slaves went to the New World, so that's where most of its effects were felt. Of the 12.5M people kidnapped fro
by crote 3mo ago
This isn't very surprising.
The vast majority of slaves went to the New World, so that's where most of its effects were felt. Of the 12.5M people kidnapped from Africa, only ~9000 went to the Old World. It just wasn't as obvious of a problem in Europe itself.
An interesting side-effect of this is that a lot of European countries have two relevant dates: the first being the banning of slave trade, the second being the banning of slavery. For example, the UK prohibited any involvement in the Atlantic slave trade in 1807, but slavery in the UK itself was only abolished in 1833.
- rightbyte 3mo agoAbducted and enslaved? Doesn't kidnapping imply kids?
- ShinyLeftPad 3mo agoIt doesn't imply kids (or napping). Nancy Guthrie is 84 https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/fbi-determines-nancy-guthrie-kidnapping-notes-be-fakes-source-says-2026-07-01/ https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/fbi-determine...
- rightbyte 3mo agoOh. Yeah I thought it was slang language use but it seems like it is used for adults too over the board. I mainly wanted to point out that adults were victims also.
- _DeadFred_ 3mo agoIn addition muslim traders also exported as many as 17 million slaves to the coast of the Indian Ocean, the Middle East, and North Africa. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/1523100.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/1523100.stm