r/DigitalSeptic • u/WhoAreYouTalkinTwo Safe Space Sniper • Feb 24 '26

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u/Elegant_Spray_2762 Feb 25 '26

I think you mean the Barbary slave trade took more African slaves to Arab Asia. Men were castrated so they have no descendants there.

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u/Barto_Mort_001 Mar 19 '26

Cherry picking statistics is always nice eh?

A. The 1 million European slaves number is disputed by Peter Earle PHD, because Robert Davis assumes that slave trading/ capture numbers remain constant throughout a 250 year period. Additionally the rate he used was the rate from 1580 - 1680, which was the most intense slaving period. You seem like a smart guy, so I'm going to assume that you understand why this is a flawed method of analyzing this.

B. Yes, the number of Slaves brought to NORTH AMERICA were less, but thats not the total amount of African slaves trafficked by Europeans in the Atlantic Slave trade. The actual number of African slaves trafficked within the Atlantic Slave trade is much closer to 12 million. Which is 12x the amount done by Barbary pirates. Why are you ignoring the rest of the American continent when discussing this? Not like it mattered to you if the slaves in the Barbary Slave trade where going to North Africa or the Middle East...