Before portugal and other european nations began transporting slaves across the atlantic, where were african slaves originally sold

Before the rise of the slave trade across the Atlantic, African slavery was already well-established. The main people who benefitted from this industry were Arab people.

The Arab slave trade took place between the eight and ninth centuries. They believed that only non-Muslims could be enslaved, which meant that slavery was carried out in the frontier areas of Islam in Africa, while captured slaves were sold all over the Middle East.

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