Slavery in the Islamic world likely lasted longer—and involved as many or more people—than the Atlantic slave trade.

Good discussion.

To me, the craziest slave trade was the Roman. "You can suicide, right now - or you are coming to our capital city to fight these starving tigers in the arena."

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