Slavery has historically been widespread in Africa. Systems of servitude and slavery were once commonplace in parts of Africa, as they were in much of...

The continent of Africa is one of the regions most rife with contemporary slavery. Slavery in Africa has a long history, within Africa since before historical...

Slavery in South Africa existed from 1653 in the Dutch Cape Colony until the abolition of slavery in the British Cape Colony on 1 January 1834. This followed...

Slavery existed in the Sultanate of Zanzibar until 1909. Slavery and slave trade existed in the Zanzibar Archipelago for at least a thousand years. When...

slavery, comprising the enslavement primarily of Africans and African Americans, was prevalent in the United States of America from its founding in 1776...

Slavery has been called "deeply rooted" in the structure of the northwest African country of Mauritania and estimated to be "closely tied" to the ethnic...

as an established institution. Slavery was widespread in the ancient world in Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and Africa. It became less common throughout...

concubinage in the Muslim world Slavery in 21st-century jihadism Slavery in Africa Slavery in Asia Slavery in Iraq Slavery in Syria Slavery in Oman Slavery in Mauritania...

'white slavery' was used to describe the Christian slaves that were sold into the Barbary slave trade in North Africa. The phrase "white slavery" was used...

Slavery is the ownership of a person as property, especially in regards to their labour. Slavery typically involves compulsory work, with the slave's location...