North African Slave Trade (15th c-19th c)

Abstract

In spite of the substantial amount of historical literary works that have been produced on slavery and slave trade in Africa, investigating these practices in the northern part of Africa is needed. North African slave trade is a subject which deals with a practice which had existed in this particular location and how it had involved. This thesis traces back the geo-historical background of North Africa and tries to link the relationship between its location and its role in African and international slave trade. Moreover, the main causes and dimensions of slavery and slave trade are discussed and related to how they pushed North Africa to participate in slavery and slave trade. At last, the effects of these practices both on North Africans and sub-Saharan Africans after the abolition of slavery and slave trade are examined.