The Forgotten Slave Trade: The White European Slaves of Islam

"A solid introduction and useful survey of slaving activity by the Muslims of North Africa over the course of several centuries." —Chronicles

Everybody knows about the transatlantic slave trade, which saw black Africans snatched from their homes, taken across the Atlantic Ocean and then sold into slavery. However, a century before Britain became involved in this terrible business, whole villages and towns in England, Ireland, Italy, Spain and other European countries were being depopulated ...