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Overview of the slave trade out of Africa (1500-1900) (i.imgur.com)

submitted 7 months ago by spiritedpause to c/[email protected]

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Source: https://www.slavevoyages.org/blog/overview-slave-trade-out-africa

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Never thought about how few slaves were brought to Europe. I guess there was no that big need for workforce?

[–] [email protected] 34 points 7 months ago

Europeans left the people slaving on site and only brought over the products. They probably wanted everything to happen out of sight and not risk slaves rioting at home.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atrocities_in_the_Congo_Free_State

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

Yup, and slavery was already illegal in much of the christian Europe at the start of this timeline. Serfdom (which primarily affected european peasants) would however continue well into the 1800s.