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FR 041 | Précis Historique de la Traite des Noirs et de l'Esclavage Colonial | National Library of France | 1828 | | Men, women and even children were forcefully taken from their homeland and marched all the way to the coasts of the Southern Mediterranean. Inhumane treatment such as that depicted in this image of black slaves in the French colonies was the norm.
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TN 083 | Slave market | Institut Supérieur d’Histoire Contemporaine de la Tunisie | 20th century | Paper | After arriving on the Southern Mediterranean coast, slaves were taken to the slave markets in a major trading hub, in this case Tunis. Most were sold into domestic service, their price depending on their age, gender, overall health and strength.
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TN 110 | Letter from l’Institut d’Afrique in Paris, congratulating Ahmed Bey for having abolished the slave trade | Archives Nationales | 1841 | | In a climate of far-reaching sentiments and appeals with regard to the abolition of black slavery in the mid-19th century, the father of modern reformed Tunisia, Ahmad Pasha Bey, was one of the enlightened rulers to decree it as one of his fundamental social reforms.
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TN 111 | Letter from the British residents of Gibraltar, congratulating Ahmed Bey for having closed the slave markets | Archives Nationales | 1841 | | Ahmad Pasha Bey’s initiative to end the slave trade in Tunisia around the mid-19th century gained much recognition beyond his country. In this letter, the British residents of Gibraltar congratulate him on the occasion of his closing of the local slave market in Tunis.
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TN 116 | African slaves working the fields | Archives Nationales | 1800 | | The trans-Saharan caravan trade brought thousands of black African slaves to the Regency of Tunis. Most of them were employed in domestic service rather than for production purposes.
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TN 116 | African slaves working the fields | Archives Nationales | 1800 | | Some black slaves employed in the Islamic world led quite comfortable lives, being integrated into the extended household of their owners. This person in his fanciful dress was most probably employed as a domestic servant in a well-to-do household. | |