What Countries Had Slavery

While over a hundred countries still have slavery six countries have significantly high numbers. Destinations of slaves AfricaAmericas.

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And in the 1700s BC the Egyptian pharaohs enslaved the Israelites as.

What countries had slavery. Effective August 1 1834 in 1833 Britain passed the Slavery Abolition Act granting freedom to enslaved people in most of the British Empire. India 184 million China 34 million Pakistan 21 million Bangladesh 15 million Uzbekistan 12 million North Korea 11 million. The United States of America Slavery transformed America into an economic power.

Almost all the countries and civilizations had slavery at one point of time. Similarly Australia has never allowed legal slavery. Portuguese America modern Brazil 385 British America minus North America 184 Spanish Empire 175 French Americas 136 British North America 645 English Americas 325 Dutch West Indies 20 Danish West Indies 03.

The exploitation of Black people for free labor made the South the. The Act freed over 800000 enslaved Africans in the. And the rest of the countries like that of Canada didnt allow legal slavery but there are records of slavery in the Native American cultures that thrived prior to the arrival of Europeans.

Enemies captured in war were commonly kept by the conquering country as slaves.

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