White Slavery and Black slave owners

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White slave trade

White slavery refers to the chattel slavery of Europeans, whether by non-Europeans (North Africans and the Muslim world), or by other Europeans (e.g. naval galley slaves or the Viking's thralls). Slaves of European origin were present in ancient Rome and the Ottoman Empire. The Russians trading slaves with the Khazars: Trade in the East Slavic Camp by Sergei Ivanov (1913). The Volga trade route was established by the Varangians (Vikings) who settled in Northwestern Russia in the early 9th century. Generally, white slaves in Italy were indigenous Italians, with a minority of foreigners (including both slaves and freedmen) born outside of Italy estimated at 5% of the total in the capital, where their number was largest, at its peak.

Crimean–Nogai raids in East Slavic lands, In the time of the Crimean Khanate, Crimeans engaged in frequent raids into the Danubian principalities, Poland-Lithuania, and Muscovy. For each whiite captive, the khan received a fixed share of 10% or 20%. White Slave trade in Muslim Spain imported white Christian slaves from the 8th century until the Reconquista in the late 15th C. The Christian slaves were exported from Muslim Spain. Soon after, Muslims were successful in taking 30,000 Christian captives from Spain.

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https://a12iggymom.wordpress.com/2014/07/15/the-untold-story-of-white-slavery/

White Slave Traffic Act of 1910

To battle sex trafficking in the United States, in 1910 the US Congress passed the White Slave Traffic Act, which made it a felony to transport women across state borders for the purpose of "prostitution or debauchery. An attempt was made to introduce a law into the UK between 1910 - 1913 as the Criminal Law Amendment Act 1912. "the United Kingdom, is increasingly becoming a depot/dispatch centre of the white slave traffic.

Top 10 Black people that were Slaveowners

No1. Anthony Johnson - had a 250-acre plantation where he was master over both BLACK and WHITE servants.
Dilsey Pope - sold her own husband to her white neighbour
Jacob Gasken - Slave father scolded him after he had misbehaved so he sold him to a New Orleans trade
Nat Butler - tricked slaves into running away so that he could sell them
Justus Angel And Mistress L. Horry - wealthy black masters who each owned 84 slaves, or 168 together
Widow C. Richards And Son P.C. Richards - About 28% of the free black population at the time owned slaves owning 65 or more.
The Pendarvis Family - owning the biggest rice plantations in the Palmetto region and over 123 slaves.
Marie Therese Metoyer - they owned more slaves than any other family in their county, with the number being reported at 287 by 1830
Antoine Dubuclet - he owned over 100 slaves and had one of the largest sugar plantations in Louisiana.
William (April) Ellison - was known to have made a large proportion of his money as a “slave breeder.”

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