à lire attentivement et à écouter les vidéos (très intéressantes)
http://www.arabslavetrade.com/
"One of the biggest differences between Arab slaving and European slaving was that slaves were drawn from all racial groups and they were rarely used as a means of crop production ; slaves were not the economic engine behind Arab economies. Social mobility was possible "from slave to Sultan" (Mamluks), many Africans were used in the armies of Moroccan sultan (17th century) and also in the Egyptian forces during the early days of Islamic expansion."

"Unlike the European trade in enslaved Africans, the physical remnants of this trade are very hard to measure. No one has detailed records of numbers lost, or a full chronology of events. Anyone claiming to have actual numbers is not doing history, but political guesswork. Also there are no ghettos, mental institutions or prisons holding African people. And this is where the "agendas" in history come into play. We must never forget the role of political objectives in the study of history. The current anti-Arab, anti-Islamic Islamophobic trend has played a significiant role in this study. "

un autre point de vue
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eF8ROY8Tyms
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFzJj0T1b6M