7. The Songhai Empire - Africa's Age of Gold
Fall of Civilizations Podcast
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The Origins of Slavery in Africa
The transatlantic slave trade was exceptional in its scale and brutality. In fact, forms of slavery have existed probably since the beginning of agricultural society. The church began to introduce rules about keeping other christians as slaves by the year one thousand. But for both moslems and christians, sub saharan africa was the source of a seemingly infinite supply of forced laborers.
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