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Title:A quantitative assessment of the Arab slave trade of East Africa, 1770-1896
Authors:Martin, Esmond B.ISNI
Ryan, T.C.I.
Year:1977
Periodical:Kenya Historical Review
Volume:5
Issue:1
Pages:71-91
Language:English
Geographic term:East Africa
Subjects:Arabs
slave trade
Abstract:This paper gives an estimate for the total number of slaves who were delivered to the East African (Kenya and Tanganyika) coast between 1770 and 1896. Sections: the early slave trade from East Africa - the East African Arab slave trade, 1810-1896 - an estimate of East African Arab slave exports - Arabian, Persian Golf and Indian imports - tests of consistency and possibility. Notes.