Indian Ocean slave trade

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historical phenomenon slave trade transoceanic slave trade

The Indian Ocean slave trade was a centuries-long system of enslavement and forced migration across East Africa, the Middle East, South Asia, and surrounding regions that profoundly shaped Afro-Asian societies and cultures.

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Label	Occurrences
Indian Ocean slave trade canonical	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical phenomenon ⓘ slave trade ⓘ transoceanic slave trade ⓘ
destinationRegion	Arabian Peninsula NERFINISHED ⓘ Indian Ocean islands NERFINISHED ⓘ Indian subcontinent NERFINISHED ⓘ Middle Eastern cities ⓘ Persian Gulf ports NERFINISHED ⓘ Southeast Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ
documentedIn	Arabic chronicles ⓘ European travel accounts ⓘ colonial administrative records ⓘ
effect	cultural exchange across the Indian Ocean ⓘ demographic changes in East Africa ⓘ formation of Afro-Asian diasporas ⓘ long-term social stratification ⓘ racial hierarchies in Indian Ocean societies ⓘ spread of Swahili culture ⓘ
endTime	20th century ⓘ
hasLanguageContext	Arabic ⓘ English ⓘ Persian ⓘ Portuguese ⓘ Swahili NERFINISHED ⓘ
involvedEthnicGroup	Africans NERFINISHED ⓘ Arabs NERFINISHED ⓘ Bantu-speaking peoples NERFINISHED ⓘ East Africans ⓘ Malagasy people NERFINISHED ⓘ Persians NERFINISHED ⓘ South Asians NERFINISHED ⓘ Swahili peoples NERFINISHED ⓘ
involvedRegion	Arabian Peninsula NERFINISHED ⓘ East Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ Horn of Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ Indian Ocean islands NERFINISHED ⓘ Indian subcontinent NERFINISHED ⓘ Middle East NERFINISHED ⓘ Persian Gulf NERFINISHED ⓘ South Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ Southeast Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ Swahili Coast NERFINISHED ⓘ
legalStatus	gradually abolished in the 19th and 20th centuries ⓘ
mainPort	Basra NERFINISHED ⓘ Bombay NERFINISHED ⓘ Goa NERFINISHED ⓘ Kilwa Kisiwani NERFINISHED ⓘ Malacca NERFINISHED ⓘ Mombasa NERFINISHED ⓘ Muscat NERFINISHED ⓘ Sofala NERFINISHED ⓘ Surat NERFINISHED ⓘ Zanzibar NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainRegion	Indian Ocean basin NERFINISHED ⓘ
opposedBy	British abolitionist movement NERFINISHED ⓘ local anti-slavery reformers ⓘ
perpetratorGroup	Arab traders ⓘ British colonizers ⓘ European colonial traders ⓘ French colonizers ⓘ Indian merchants ⓘ Omani elites ⓘ Persian merchants NERFINISHED ⓘ Portuguese colonizers ⓘ Swahili merchants NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedEvent	Atlantic slave trade NERFINISHED ⓘ East African slave trade NERFINISHED ⓘ European colonization of East Africa ⓘ Omani Empire expansion in East Africa ⓘ Zanzibar slave trade NERFINISHED ⓘ trans-Saharan slave trade ⓘ
significantPeriod	19th century ⓘ early modern period ⓘ medieval period ⓘ
startTime	antiquity ⓘ
studiedIn	African history ⓘ Indian Ocean studies ⓘ diaspora studies ⓘ
typeOfLabor	agricultural labor ⓘ concubinage ⓘ craft and urban labor ⓘ domestic servitude ⓘ military service ⓘ pearl diving ⓘ
usedRoute	East Africa–India sea route NERFINISHED ⓘ East Africa–Persian Gulf sea route NERFINISHED ⓘ Red Sea route NERFINISHED ⓘ Swahili Coast–Arabian Peninsula sea route NERFINISHED ⓘ overland caravan routes in East Africa ⓘ overland routes to the Red Sea ports ⓘ
victimGroup	enslaved Africans ⓘ enslaved East Africans ⓘ enslaved Malagasy people ⓘ enslaved South Asians ⓘ enslaved Southeast Asians ⓘ

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Afro-Asian communities → historicalContext → Indian Ocean slave trade ⓘ