the Arab slave trade...black africans in transition....please read..important?

Question

within many of the middle eastern/arab nations..slavery was a part of the culture for more than 2000 years....
with the beginning of islam..in order for the arabs to spread their empire further they mixed and intermarried with the established european empires that existed (byzantine...etc)..and spread themselves as far north as the slavic regions..this includes the levant as well...

slavery wasnt economically based....many of the early slaves (the europeans) were not in fact slaves..they intermarried with these women in order to take control of the region..

the africans on the other hand were used as domestic labor...this is a practice that continued in saudi arabia until the late 1960s..
my question is..within the arab world africans were traditionally in a position of servitude..however there was a huge transition..from using african slave labor to domestic servants from indonesia and many southeast asian countries...why did this happen?

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Answer 1

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my question is..within the arab world africans were traditionally in a position of servitude..however there was a huge transition..from using african slave labor to domestic servants from indonesia and many southeast asian countries...why did this happen?

Because African Blacks have had greater support from 'Black' Amricans who have led the fight against Slavery, whereas NO ONE gelt they had to step in when the gradual switch to 'slaves' from Indonesia and Malaysia Etc Southeast Asia - - - it all comes down to finaces. Slaves cost money. Not just the initial purchase but maintainence etc... Essentially Slavery is a form of Kidnapping, the Slaves ranson is crucial. People might buy out a blacks contract, or step in to stop it from happening. Indonesiat Et Al did not have that financial support. That is slowly changing.

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Answer 2

Who in the heck cares and do they still teach that crap in school. Is that going to make you a better person if you knew that.