Slavery existed in the territory of the modern state of Syria until the 1920s.
Syria was one of the destinations of the Red Sea slave trade and the Indian Ocean slave trade of enslaved Africans until the late 19th century. During the Armenian genocide in 1915–1923, many Armenians were enslaved by Muslims in Ottoman Syria and Iraq, many of whom where liberated when the areas was conquered by the British during the first world war. Slavery was formally abolished in Syria by the French colonial authorities in 1931. Many members of the Afro-Syrian minority are descendants of the former slaves.
In the 21st century, Islamic terrorists again practiced slavery in areas under their control in Syria and Iraq.
Slavery existed in the territory of the modern state of Syria until the 1920s. Syria was one of the destinations of the Red Sea slave trade and the Indian...
concubinage in the Muslim world Slaveryin 21st-century jihadism Slaveryin Africa Slaveryin Asia Slaveryin Iraq SlaveryinSyriaSlaveryin Oman Slaveryin Mauritania...
slavery, comprising the enslavement primarily of Africans and African Americans, was prevalent in the United States of America from its founding in 1776...
descendants of the former slaves. In the 21st-century, Islamic terrorists again practiced slaveryin areas under their control inSyria and Iraq. Iraq was the center...
women each year. Open slavery became defunct in practice when Lebanon and Syria was transformed in to the French Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon (1923−1946)...
Christian women and forced them into sexual slavery. The Syrian refugee population is highly vulnerable to trafficking in neighbouring countries, particularly...
complicating the definition of 'slavery' as slaves in the international context usually did not have such legal rights. Slavery was not widespread during the...
Slaveryin Britain existed before the Roman occupation and until the 11th century, when the Norman conquest of England resulted in the gradual merger of...
Slavery has historically been widespread in Africa. Systems of servitude and slavery were common in parts of Africa in ancient times, as they were in...
Slavery is the ownership of a person as property, especially in regards to their labour. Slavery typically involves compulsory work, with the slave's location...
Slaveryin China has taken various forms throughout history. Slavery was nominally abolished in 1910, although the practice continued until at least 1949...
of slaves have differed vastly in different systems of slaveryin different times and places. Slavery has been found in some hunter-gatherer populations...
Slavery existed in the Sultanate of Zanzibar until 1909. Slavery and slave trade existed in the Zanzibar Archipelago for thousands of years. When clove...
movement to end slavery and liberate slaves around the world. The first country to fully outlaw slavery was France in 1315, but it was later used in its colonies...
Contemporary slavery, also sometimes known as modern slavery or neo-slavery, refers to institutional slavery that continues to occur in present-day society...
slaveryin the Indian subcontinent is contested because it depends on the translations of terms such as dasa and dasyu. Greek writer Megasthenes, in his...
The Syrian civil war (Arabic: ٱلْحَرْبُ ٱلْأَهْلِيَّةُ ٱلسُّورِيَّةُ, romanized: al-ḥarb al-ʾahlīyah al-sūrīyah) is an ongoing multi-sided conflict in Syria...
The history of slaveryin the Muslim world began with institutions inherited from pre-Islamic Arabia. The practices of keeping slaves in the Muslim world...
dinars. Somali Adalite Sultan Jamal ad-Din sold numerous Amharas into slaveryin places as far away as Greece and India. By the end of each of his battles...
An overview of Asian slavery shows it has existed in all regions of Asia throughout its history. Although slavery is now illegal in every Asian country...
Slavery has been called "deeply rooted" in the structure of the northwest African country of Mauritania and estimated to be "closely tied" to the ethnic...
Slaveryin ancient Rome played an important role in society and the economy. Unskilled or low-skill slaves labored in the fields, mines, and mills with...
Open slavery existed in the region of Palestine until the 20th-century. The slave trade to Ottoman Palestine officially stopped in the 1870s, when the...
slavery was anachronistic seems to have become widespread among elites. In 1590, slavery was officially banned under Toyotomi Hideyoshi; but forms of contract...
history, whether perpetrated by non-Europeans or by other Europeans. Slaveryin ancient Rome was frequently dependent on a person's socio-economic status...
economic roles of slavery, types of slavery, and debt slavery, which thoroughly explain the institution of slaveryin Israel in antiquity. The Bible stipulates...
in Iraq Racism in the Arab world Racism in Muslim communities Slavery and religion Slaveryin 21st-century jihadism Slaveryin Iraq SlaveryinSyria Xenophobia...
History of slaveryin Iran (Persia) during various ancient, medieval, and modern periods is sparsely catalogued. Slavery was abolished in Iran in 1929. Slaves...