African Slave Trade

Although slavery has been in effect for almost the majority of recorded history, the staggering numbers involved in the African slave trade has left an irreparable scar which has thus far failed to heal.

• Slavery in Africa

Whether slavery existed in African society before the invasion of Europeans is highly debated among Africans and Europeans. What is known is that Africans have endured several forms of slavery for centuries, including chattel slavery not only under the Europeans through the trans-Atlantic slave trade but also by Muslims with the trans-Saharan slave trade as well.