HISTORY
THE MUSLIM WORLD AND AFRICA
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Because of the Muslim emphasis on equality of all believers, early Muslim rulers suppressed the slave trade.
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Slavery was unknown in African society until the Muslims introduced it.
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Slavery became a more widely diffused phenomenon and the slave trade developed rapidly.
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Despite the Muslim acceptance of slavery and its widespread use in Islamic society outside of Africa, Muslims generally refused to accept black slaves.
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Muslims forced southern Africans to give up slavery.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The effect of slavery in Africa Some states, such as Asante and Dahomey, grew powerful and wealthy as a result. Other states were completely destroyed and their populations decimated as they were absorbed by rivals. Millions of Africans were forcibly removed from their homes, and towns and villages were depopulated.
Detailed explanation-2: -The implications of the slave trade included: The development of slave-based states and economies. The destruction of societies. The development of foreign colonies. Leaders of African societies took roles in continuing the trade.
Detailed explanation-3: -Consistent with the historic evidence, the data indicate that the effects of the slave trades are through ethnic frac-tionalization, weakened states, and a decline in the quality of domestic institutions.
Detailed explanation-4: -The profits gained from the slave trade gave the British economy an extra source of capital. Both the Americas and Africa, whose economies depended on slavery, became useful additional export markets for British manufacturers. Certain British individuals, businesses, and ports prospered on the basis of the slave trade.