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Slavery was widespread in the ancient world in Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and Africa. [7] [8] [4] Slavery became less common throughout Europe during the Early Middle Ages but continued to be practiced in some areas. Both Christians and Muslims captured and enslaved each other during centuries of warfare in the Mediterranean and Europe. [9]
Rio Branco Law (Law of Free Birth) declares the children born to slave mothers free. [151] Japan: Abolition of the han system or Japanese feudalism. 1873 United Kingdom: Slave Trade Act 1873: Puerto Rico: Slavery abolished. United Kingdom Zanzibar Madagascar: Triple treaty abolishing the slave trade. [104] 1874 Gold Coast: Slavery abolished ...
Slavery is integral to the social, economic, and political history of Central Asia. Polities of different sizes and structures such as nomadic confederations, [ 12 ] agrarian city-states, [ 13 ] and empires [ 14 ] all engaged in and at various times promoted the enslavement and trade of people and the exploitation of their labor. [ 15 ]
The index increased its estimate of people born into servitude, trafficked for sex work, or trapped in debt bondage or forced labor to 45.8 million.
The slave trade in Khiva and Bukhara was described by the English traveler Anthony Jenkinson in the 16th century, at a time when they were major global slave trade centers and the "slave capitals of the world". [3] About 100,000 slaves were sold in the slave market of Khiva and Bukhara every year, most of them either Persians or Russians. [4]
The Islamic Republic of Mauritania was the last country in the world to officially ban slavery, in 1981, [7] with legal prosecution of slaveholders established in 2007. [8] However, in 2019, approximately 40 million people, of whom 26% were children, were still enslaved throughout the world despite slavery being illegal.
By 1804, before the creation of new states from the federal western territories, the number of slave and free states was 8 each. By the time of Missouri Compromise of 1820, the dividing line between the slave and free states was called the Mason-Dixon line (between Maryland and Pennsylvania), with its westward extension being the Ohio River.
Pages in category "History of slavery" ... Slavery and Slaving in World History: A Bibliography ... Timeline of abolition of slavery and serfdom; T.