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Politics : Formerly About Applied Materials
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To: Zeev Hed who wrote (52155)9/14/2001 9:17:25 PM
From: Jerome  Read Replies (1) of 70976
 
>>>I believe that Muslim raiders contributed the majority of slaves to the slave trade going to the "new world". <<<

The vast, vast majority of all slaves were captured by the Portuguese. While Columbus sailed for the new world in 1492, the Portuguese were rapidly exploring the Atlantic coast of Africa. By the time they got to the Zaire River there was a need for slaves in the new world because the Spanish had already used up all the native peoples in the new world.

It is estimated that the Portuguese captured about 35,000,000 Africans between 1700 and 1900.Of these 35 million about 25% died intransit.Most of the center of Africa became depopulated. Madagascar, in the Indian Ocean, was the slave capital of the world. The Islands of Cape Verde were used on the Atlantic side of Africa.The Arabs aided the Portuguese, and the Portuguese made it big business. The writings of Livingstone who spend most of his life in Africa substantiate this.

The two best books on the matter are: "The White Nile" and "The Blue Nile" both are by Alan Moorehead and were on the New York Times Best seller Lists about 1962. Very good reads.

The Arabs did some slaving up until the Crimean War but their take was small percentage wise compared to the Portuguese.

Simply put, the Arabs did not have the ships for slave transport and the Portuguese did.

I suspect that there is a great deal of information about this in Portuguese archives...for those want to do the research.

Regards, Jerome
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