"Black people were scattered throughout Palestine, living with families who 'owned' them."
Reflections on Arab-Led Slavery of Africans, edited by Kwesi Kwaa Prah, Cape Town, 2005
The following exhibits are drawn from the archives of abeed.org
Blackie’s Modern Cyclopedia, Blackie & Son, Limited, London, Glasgow, Edinburgh, and Dublin
1896–1897
Keffiyeh-clad slavers rope Black Africans in a kafillah formation -- from Slave Gang of Central Africa by Édouard Riou, late 1800s, reproduced in John Clark Ridpath’s Universal History, Jones Brothers Publishing Co., Cincinnati.
“A Slave and His Arab Master, Dar-es-Salaam Harbor, Tanganyika Territory, British East Africa.” Stereograph image from the early 1900s shows an enslaved Black African kissing the hand of his Arab master.
“An Arab slave ship in the Red sea, with British cruiser in sight,” published in The Graphic, April 25, 1874. A British Royal Navy ship on anti-slavery patrol approaches.
“An Indian Slave’s Autobiography: Facsimiles of a Series of Sketches Made by ‘Billy King,’ a Liberated Slave, to Illustrate His Capture, Captivity, and Liberation by an English Man-of-War.”
“Arabs, Sudanese Negro and Female Shilluk Slave,”engraving, 1891, from Élisée Reclus’s Africa, Volume 2.
“Gulab Singh: A Story of Peril and Heroism,” The Boy’s Own Paper, by Rev. R. Do. Martin, M.A., July 13, 1889.
Newsweek cover, May 4, 1992, “Slavery: A Special Report — How an Ancient Evil Survives.”
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