History Of The Arab Slave Trade 

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Every time I talk about the Arab slave trade some east Africans and black Muslims tell me it wasn't that bad so I took their word for it. But obviously, some of them didn't know what they were talking about.

I'm glad you talking about this ,most black American historians ignore the Arab slave trade

They don't teach this in American public schools.

I'm a Sudanese girl I hate to be called an Afro_Arabian, I'm an African and I'm proud.

Brother there is still black people hold hostage in yemen, liby n all over Arab world.

African people suffered in the hands of every colonizers It's sad reality

I grew up in Egypt and I testify to seeing this still going on in the late 80s and early 90s black people working as slaves in people's homes they often target children kidnapped from southern sudan then raised as Egyptians with little to no knowladge of where they came from

"The Arabian slave trade was at least 700 years before the Atlantic slave trade and lasted much longer." People really need to know these things.

I've been trying to tell people just this. The west learned so many of their ways from the arabs and middle east. We have to go way back to get true untainted african culture. Love this.

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Im suprise how the arab slave trade is so ignored

Great Job! As a teacher, I would probably lose my job for sharing this...But hey...I am going to do this anyways....!!!

The Arab slave trade started 600 years before the transatlantic slave trade and continues on today in 6 countries

The reason is because the Atlantic is mostly represted by those of Judau/Christian values in which confession, acknowledgment of guilt and repentance are essential. In the Arab they are at best unable to admit it and at worst don't think there is anything wrong with it and honestly is of no importance.

Black people: “White people are the worst oppressors!” Arabians: “Hold my beer”

I am an Arab and all my pride to be an Arab has disappeared in this video. It's horrible to see people overlooking this topic and no paying attention to it. I am extremely sad to see that my ancestors were capable of doing such horrific (understatement) things to other humans. Africa and African people have endured so much through both slave trades and colonisation. They have a rich, vibrant, amazing, colourful and diverse culture that sadly not many acknowledge. I hope the best for Africa and it's people.

The Transatlantic slave trade is more well known for the same reason European history is more well known in general. Also, due to the visibility of Black Americans.

We forget or don't want to acknowledge the Arabs yet we focus on Europeans. This is still going on in Asia.

My knowledge of the Arab slave trade is very limited therefore thank you for this content

What hurts the most is these people never acknowledged what they did. They either deny it or defend it. And sadly some Africans deny it too and act as apologists to defend it probably I'm thinking because of religion. This was far worse but atleast the Europeans acknowledged theirs. Even more disgusting to see how most of these same people defend/ hail the ottomans after they massacred the Armenians, Greeks, Assyrians, Kurds.

"WE HAVE NO FRIENDS"...NONE.

Horrific, but I'm glad your speading the knowledge. Why any African would ever name themselves mahmud is beyond me. That same slave trade is going on to this day!

They only mention europeans and colonialists slavery but never arab slavery

In Tanzania they got their revenge through the Zanzibar revolution which happened in 1964.

Enemies all over. Blacks ain't getting no love.

I am just beyond happy and blessed I found your channel. I've learned so much, things I've never been taught or knew. Every time I get a notification that a new video is out, I get super excited and eager to watch. Keep up the Great work!!! Thank you so much!

As someone who resides in American I love reading the comments from none black people on the topic of slavery and religion. It's like nobody had nothing to do with slavery but some how it happened and nobodies to blame. Next they'll be telling us our ancestors volunteered to be slaves and to be castrated.

The Arab slave trade was the longest yet least discussed of the two major slave trades. It began in seventh century as Arabs and other Asians poured into northern and eastern Africa under the banner of Islam. The Arab trade of Blacks in Southeast Africa predates the European transatlantic slave trade by 700 years. Some scholars say the Arab slave trade continued in one form or another up until the 1960s, however, slavery in Mauritania was criminalized as recently as August 2007. One of the biggest differences between the Arab slave trade and European slaving was that the Arabs drew slaves from all racial groups. During the eighth and ninth centuries of the Fatimid Caliphate, most of the slaves were Europeans (called Saqaliba), captured along European coasts and during wars. Aside from those of African origins, people from a wide variety of regions were forced into Arab slavery, including Mediterranean people; Persians; people from the Caucasus mountain regions (such as Georgia, Armenia and Circassia) and parts of Central Asia and Scandinavia; English, Dutch and Irish; and Berbers from North Africa. Terrible Aspects of Slavery in the Arab World. The Arabs’ treatment of black Africans can aptly be termed an African Holocaust. Arabs killed more Africans in transit, especially when crossing the Sahara Desert, than Europeans and Americans, and over more centuries, both before and after the years of the Atlantic slave trade. Arab Muslims began extracting millions of black African slaves centuries before Christian nations did. Arab slave traders removed slaves from Africa for about 13 centuries, compared to three centuries of the Atlantic slave trade. African slaves transported by Arabs across the Sahara Desert died more often than slaves making the Middle Passage to the New World by ship. Slaves invariably died within five years if they worked in the Ottoman Empire’s Sahara salt mines. Black Africans did not enjoy immunity to many of the diseases found in the Arab world, which also resulted in high death rates. Slaveholders in the Muslim world often castrated black African male slaves to serve as harem guards. This is a prime reason there are not many communities of blacks living in the non-African Muslim world today, despite the millions of black African slaves sold into the Muslim world. Many African boys did not survive their castration surgery. As late as 1903, there were still 194 African eunuchs in service to the Ottoman ruling family.

Very little talk about this. I can count on 2 hands how many times I've only heard of the Arab slave trade. Glade you made a video about it.

Don't forget about the huge amount of European people they kept as slaves too.

From the 7th Century to the 20th Century--the Arab trade involved many races but they took so many from Africa. Thank you for creating this video. The Atlantic Slave Trade, also a nightmare, was from the 15th to the 19th Centuries but they focused on Africans.

Trying to get a Muslim to acknowledge this is a fruitless task,it's literally like trying to get blood out of a stone,in my experience it's always portrayed as if the Arab Muslims/non Arab muslims were doing there captives a favour

I just finished posting about this!! What a coincidence, sending my love from London ❤🙏🏾 love your work!

Long live Africa

Idk why it was so hard to find a video on this content, as if these demonic ppl erased their history

I don't know if you have already, but you should definitely start writing books on ancient Africa. This is much needed history that needs to be streamlined. It's 2019, everyone deserves to know the history of the world's first people.

People that enslaved other human beings will answer to god for that it’s a fact

Man our black people been through a lot 😢

We have no friends...NONE

Never new about this. Thanks for the lesson!

Very cool video. The dude has pride in being Black, but is actually informed and helps to display the true broadness of History; based on facts and research, rather than just throwing shade on Whites whenever possible.

This makes the Atlantic one look like nothing

Thank you for your dedication to education. These vids help me explain history to my son. They don't teach these things in school.

Atlantic slave trade: I'll be the cruelest and most expansive slave trade in the world! Atabic slave trade: Hold my Quran...

Dang, I am black and because I grew up in the Middle East, I was raised to look up to these people. I am shook!

Some of what you say is Not true, See I am from Tanzania, from one of the tribes that were enslaved by arabs. The Nyamwezi and Sukuma, Yao and Makua, that you are mentioning are our tribes here in Tanzania, these tribes did not sell fellow africans to arabs, what happened is that Arabs came into the interior, with better weapons, literally ambushed and hunted innocent people from their peaceful habitations, they hunted the Nyamwezi and Sukuma, which are the largest tribes in Tanzania, the men and women from these tribes were literally hunted as animals for slavery and headed towards the famous Tanzania port of Bagamoyo in the East of the country, there are several reasons 1) these tribes political structure was not operating as one single tribal system, although they spoke one language, the people were under many ununified chiefdoms. So, there was no one conglomerate group or single structure under one leader, chief, called Batemi, but rather, these were numeraous chiefdoms/Batemi 2) the Sukuma and Nyamwezi are a strong bread of people, they are known for being hard working. So, opportunitic arabs were looking for strong people who can carry heavy burdens and farm, the only people who were populous and strong were the Nyamwezi and Sukuma. So, arabs made these targets for their enslavement. So, the arabs did not bother to take africans from the coastal area, but rather they went into the interior of Tanzania to the shores of lake Victoria/Nyanza in Tanzania, becuase they were looking for a particular type of people who were strong but who were not armed. 3) the weapoans and art of war in these tribes were not yet advanced compared to their enemies, because again, we have always been a civilized people, freedom loving and other factors were playing part as well. Our people competed for work, mariages, culture and drums/dancing competions, even today that is happening. 4) Again, the kind of arabs that came to enslave our people, some were black like us, for instance arabs like the infamous Tippu Tip, was a black arab. So, they took advantage of that as well, i mean how do you immediately suspect a person who looks like you, especially when back then people were friendly in these regions, and these arabs came under a pretense of trade, and it so happens that you need to do trade in some exhotic goods they bring, but too late you realize they have diabolic purposes in mind. The black arabs from Oman went into fellow black africans among thesee tribes, hunted them, then sold them to 'white' arabs who had already established themselves in the coast in Zanzibar and abroad in Omani. The culture is till todate the same, we are a peace loving people. It was a betrayal. 5) the contrast however is that, some few chiefdoms among these tribes, like that of Isike, Mirambo, etc, were strong militarily, but were small in number, so, the arabs simply avoided them and sought the weakers ones politically, and traded goods, not humans, with the strong chiefs as a caveat. The level of political hegemony was still retail in nature, we did not politicise in wholesale then. It is also important to note that finally, our people stood, united, resisted, many died, terrorized through hanging, and strangling in public, but thank God we were able to kick these devils at last.

There's no "considering" it much worse, IT WAS MUCH WORSE. It was going on 700 yrs longer, & Whereas most of the Atlantic captives lived and made it to the new world, most of the victims of the sub saharan slave trade died on route in the desert, Thats why you don't see many dark skinned people in the arab world, Even though they should have 10s of millions. And wost of all, not an ounce of regret or apology

I had to research this for class i took in college and still have my sources buried somewhere. He told the truth from what I found pertaining to the Trans Sub-Saharan Slave Trade. According to the records I found it was beyond horrible. Every bit as bad as chattle slavery.

That is why I don't deal with any religion when it comes down to slavery and favoring one race over another one Islam is just as bad as Judaism and Christianity. And they say there's a new slave trade coming out of sub-Saharan Africa going to Libya.

I love my beatiful black brothers and sisters.

Actually there is another angle to this. So much of western civilization had pass through knowledge from Arabs. Arabs introduced Indian mathematics to the west and west started calling them Arabic numerals without any basis. Arabs were ahead in slavery not by design but by the evolution of Arab empire. Slaves along with the loot are property - that was the origin of ownership of fellow humans. Arabs while expanded also converted. Mohammed had many prophecies on occupation of lands from India to Africa & West, the conquest ethic at its finest. Post crusades it was the Arabs who introduced spices from India to the west which helped them preserve meats etc. That’s how the Catholic Spanish, Italians & Portuguese got the idea of discovering a shorter western route to India, ergo Columbus expedition. That was the zeitgeist of that time not these atrocious motives attributed to Columbus. While the Arabs Slave Traded for 700 plus years, Atlantic slave trade is 250 years old. It is also true slavery existed in China, India, Russia etc that subjugated millions - yes millions. The real reason Atlantic slave trade gets so much attention is because it was documented, a tradition of Europeans & largely of Victorian England. They kept tallies if you will, it’s part of that civilization that also taught tribes in Africa & India they should wear clothes. No one questioned Snoop Dog or Spike Lee when they were hanging out with celebrity Donald Trump. That’s how history works. It’s never black & white and there is lot more than what meets the eye

You forgot one very important and brutal factor exclusive to the arab slave trade. The live castration of slaves where 90% of them died during that painful process. That's why there are very few descendants of black people enslaved in the islamic world.

I was in Patiko, Northern Uganda where Samuel Baker's Fort was once a slave collection door of no return point before being exported on foot through South Sudan. Horrible place. In Zanzibar at Stone Town, there is another slavery museum ran by Arabs. And you know what, even today the slavery of Africans by Arabs is still in present tense. It's almost as if their desire to enslave Africans is too rooted in their ancestors.

thank you for this video. I am African and whenever I check on slave trade, they only mention the transatlantic trade. but slave trade happened every where in Africa not just the west. even East Africa. thank you for putting this information out there.

As Kenyan whose ancestors were sold by arabs this saddens my heart especially because we are taught very little about this in school

Thanks 🙏 Home Team this is a video have been waiting for a long time ,I have known this for a very long time and please correction the northern part of Nigeria 🇳🇬 never really suffered slavery but they were the slave traders when northern Nigeria was still known as Sudan or southern Sudan 🇸🇩. The Fulani were the main slave traders and raiders of the other tribes of Nigeria who are not of the Islamic religion .

While I'm Arab I'm ashamed and disgusted by this, I am astonished by this and it really changed my view, thanks for uploading this.

Look up the Zanj rebellion. Blacks fought back and controlled a huge part of the Arab world.

The Barbary pirates enslaved over a million white European slaves as well. Thomas Jefferson fought a war against them from 1801-1805 and then the US fought them again in 1815.

What did we ever do to these people, i am an avid reader of African History and sometimes i can't help but cry. The sheer horror and cognitive dissonance is just overwhelming

thank you for talking about this, since everyone ignores it

The Arab enslavement of Africa was much more horrible than the Atlantic slave trade and worse is that it is still ongoing. I'm always amused at African Americans who convert to Islam for political reasons. Islam and the Arab names they adopt is not African and definitely not the culture of indigenous Africans!

Thanks for covering this piece of ignored history, even in Kenya where i am from this is not talked about as much, particularly in the inland areas.

Wow I didn’t know much about the Arab slave trade 😱 thank you so much.

It’s very disappointing reading the comments. Instead of learning history people are constantly putting racial blame amongst each other. 90% of the people who were enslaved in the Atlantic were enslaved by west Africans then sold to the Spanish/Dutch and Portuguese. the Moore’s raped and enslaved hundreds of thousands of Europeans as well as Barca centuries before. The danish and Norwegians enslaved and raped thousands of Northern European not only in the west but look to the east. the reason why people are called slaves around east Europe was because they were slaves. Slavery took place at every point in history by every race and I doubt any of us in the modern first world has experienced slavery. The devices we are using to complain and shame are worth more then the unfortunate humans who were forced to serve. We should learn an be greatful for our fortune

Your videos are great, very educational and you as a educater is very pedagogical. Keep on doing the great job!. I know I have the means to look up the facts myself but would it be possible to make a video concerning the slavery that’s being done in Libya, Mauritania as well as modern day slavery in countries which for example have the Kaffala system? I really appreciate and enjoy the way you talk about African matters.

Unfortunately, this subject is not given the attention it deserves. Thanks for this!

I really appreciate your video. I have my son with me. We looked up world slave history. All the videos were on U.S. American slavery except yours. We are an intentionally misinformed people. Thank you for spreading the truth.

Saying the Arab Slave trade was worse than the Atlantic slave trade is like saying assault is as bad as murder. They're both horrible but they dont compare. So two distinctions between the Atlantic slave trade and the Arab slave trade, first the Arab slave trade was not based on race but religion. Slaves came from everywhere - central Asia, southern Europe, north africa, sub-saharan africa - you name it there were slaves from there. Sharia law prohibited the enslavement of Muslims and encouraged masters to enter contractual agreements for their slave's emancipation. In fact many societies held emancipation as paying zakat or charity. a Second, the Arab slave trade ignored class distinctions, by which i mean a slave could be wealthier than a free man and hold a higher status. There are countless examples of slave dynasties consequently across the Islamic world - the mamalukes in Egypt, Habshi Kings in Pakistan, Delhi Sultanate, Yeniceris in the Ottoman empire. The list goes on. More to this point, many of the most prominent politicians, clerics and military leaders during this period were slaves. This is not to say that there weren't atrocities committed by Arab slave traders in Africa, but instead to say there was greater social mobility as a slave in the islamic world then in the western world. the point I am making is that slavery in the Islamic world was still subject to the rule of law and human rights. I have Omani friends who trace their roots back to the Swahili coast and are related to the Qaboos royal family for god sake. The Trans Atlantic slave trade was not, or at least not really. When the Spanish and the Portuguese started purchasing slaves in Angola and Guinea, it was to replace a depleted native american work force. A work force they abused and murdered in mass. Throughout this period both countries' monarch struggled to enforce home in the colonies. This in turn set a precedent, where colonists acted outside the rule of law on the treatment and acquisition of slaves, which led to slavery taking on a more racial lens and prevented slaves and even free men's social mobility. The Black race for example is not just people of African descent, no many native american tribes, Carib and Seminole tribes to provide two examples. the transatlantic slave trade gave rise to eugenics, Orientalism, racism and host of other prejudices based on genetics. Just a thought;.

I feel like it’s largely overlooked in favor of the trans Atlantic slave trade because the transatlantic slave trade has more of an impact on us here in America. All of it is brutal and are some of the greatest crimes in human history

The slavery trade is actually very alive in the Middle East and Africa good video and remember stay awesome

Slavery still is conducted in the " Middle East". Some would argue it exists, in a more subtle form, in the West as well.

It seems too many people are not familiar with history, especially global history.

The horrors of slavery are well documented in the Atlantic and Caribbean, the Arab slave trade, and Ottoman Turkish slave trade is often overlooked. The Ottomans had the largest slave trading operation the world has ever known, trading slaves from North and Eastern Africa, Eastern and Southern Europe, Caucasus, and even as far as Western Asia.

Thank you for this video. I’m a high school 🏫 teacher 👨‍🏫 in Barbados 🇧🇧 and I’ll share this with my students.

Thank you for the history lesson. It can’t be changed, but I’ll never look at an Arab with respect again - only with caution and disdain; same for the Portuguese, Spaniards, Europeans, Italians and of course, the worst of the lot, the Belgiums.

The legacy of Arab Islam in Africa Book by John Alembillah Azumah IS A MUST READ or HEARD!!!

This is your fifth video I’ve seen, liking the general neutrality in subject matter and presentation. Just relying on your researched material and clear voice is a solid choice, not a lot of creators can be so humble anymore. Genuine applause at this point, never stop doing these.

Great Job here once again at the home team. Your work is always high quality and highly appreciated

The enemies will never be friends . Today they come up pretend as our very close friends. Peace and I love you my brothers and sisters. Sudan

Been waiting on this! 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾

There is a book which I partially read years ago which is entitled ISLAM'S BLACK SLAVES. I must find and re-read that book. Very informative.

This is a good point you have made, slavery was long been used by Arabs in East and North Africa long before it became developed by the Spanish/ Europeans to transport Africans to America.

The Arabs didn’t enslave people based upon race rather it was upon belief. The Arabs also enslaved Europeans, Persians, Asians and more.

This is why i don't got no love for ISLAM ..these people are not our friends..

Thank you for this knowledge

Native AfroArab here 🙏🏽🤍 thank you for teaching

I think you don't read nor understand the slavery in that era. Slavery was part of the political system. War prisoners become slaves until they pay themselves off. Sometimes people slave themselves because they don't have any thing to eat. Also if someone who couldn't pay the debt would be enslaved. You are totally wrong as it is forbidden to enslave someone who is born free as Omar bin Alkatab said in his famous speech to Eygept ruler.

A masterpiece. Thank you. 💯

Imagine if the byzantine controlled Egypt had withstood and crushed the 4000 Arabs? Would Africa as a whole be better off? I hope hometeam starts making alternative history scenarios like that

Anyone who has read the Bible - especially the Old Testament - knows slavery of many civilizations was rampant.

The narrator has a really smooth voice :-)

I am black Muslim from Sudan and working in Saudi Arabia and I gree that till now if you are black skin the call you slave . All arab they see themselves Superior to black skin African , I speak Arabic as my mother tongue but I am not arab , and I understand arab mentality very well .

Such a good point made that somehow the Atlantic-Slave trade is more "popular". You're right, each history does not "better" the other as there is no competition but I'm 20yrs old & I have never read and seen how traumatic the Indian Slave trade was until now. Very well presented!

Thus is never mentioned by the dawah guys when they claim their superstition doesn't discriminate based on colour. Very eye opening short video, thanks.

Good lesson. Slaving is one of the saddest thing humans have ever done. It is curious that the Atlantic slaving is the one that everybody talks about fights about considering it was the one that was stopped with great bloody battles by non-africans, and Arab slaving is still going on to this day and no one talks about it

I'm teaching my daughter at 5 the truth so when she gets in school she tells her friends

in france,the same probleme,the arabes community,agains black african.just arabe tunisien kill ivoire cost immigrant.thesa are the same enemmi.

The forgotten Arabic Islamic trade lasted for 1400 years. Period.