The Forgotten Slave Trade: The White European Slaves of Islam

Reframes European slave history, highlighting depopulation, forced castrations, and transatlantic networks that reshaped civilizations.

A century before Britain became involved in the trans-Atlantic slave trade, whole villages and towns in England, Ireland, Italy, Spain and other European countries were being depopulated by slavers, who transported the men, women and children to Africa where they were sold to the highest bidder. This is the forgotten slave trade.

Starting with the practice of...