Uncovering the Medieval Slave Trade -- A Conversation with Hannah Barker
Historiansplaining: A historian tells you why everything you know is wrong
Ibenbututa's Slavery
Ibenbututa's famous travels an. how is his career sort of possible because of slavery? Riht, so one of the things he's doing is, as he goes from place to place, he might buy a slave and then sell it at various points along the way. And you can choose someone who is both a slave and providing domestic and sexual service,. but also might know the local language. So this is somethimes that's very visible inbatuta's account, because he talks about it. He's very explicit about the fact that he has these slaves. A lot of other travellers do this as well, but they don't necessarily document it in the way that
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