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Indonesian and Chinese slave traders. The French established colonies on the islands of

Réunion and Mauritius in 1721; by 1735, some 7,200 slaves populated the Mascarene
Islands, a number which had reached 133,000 in 1807.

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In all, European traders exported 567,900–733,200 slaves within the Indian Ocean
between 1500 and 1850 and almost that same amount were exported from the Indian

Ocean to the Americas during the same period. Slave trade in the Indian Ocean was,
nevertheless, very limited compared to c. 12,000,000 slaves exported across the Atlantic . “

"Indian Ocean Slave Trade." 42
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The Trans-Saharan Slave Trade

" During the Trans-Saharan slave trade, slaves from West Africa were transported across

the Sahara desert to North Africa to be sold to Mediterranean and Middle eastern
civilizations. It was part of the Trans-Saharan trade. Early records of the trans-Saharan
slave trade come from ancient Greek historian Herodotus in the 5th century BC.

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The trans-Saharan slave trade, established in Antiquity, continued during the Middle

Ages. Following its 8th-century conquest of North Africa, Arabs, Berbers and other ethnic
groups ventured into Sub-Saharan Africa first along the Nile Valley towards Nubia, and
also across the Sahara towards West Africa. They were interested in the trans-Saharan

trade, especially in slaves.

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In the Central African Republic, during the 16th and 17th centuries, Muslim slave traders
began to raid the region as part of the expansion of the Saharan and Nile River slave
routes.”

"Trans-Saharan Slave Trade." 43
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