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In 1884, the British and the French governments banned their own citizens and employees in Morocco to own slaves. [30] Between 1912 and 1956, Morocco was colonised by France, which effectively ended the open slave trade in Morocco. In 1923 the French colonial authorities officially banned the slave trade and closed the slave markets in Morocco. [2]
Moroccan slaves (12 P) O. Moroccan slave owners (6 P) Pages in category "Slavery in Morocco" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total.
According to Paul Berthier, the need for slave labor on Moroccan sugar plantations was a major reason for the 16th century Saadian invasion of the Songhai Empire. [56] French-language map of major historic trans-Saharan trade routes (1889) A slave market in Cairo. Drawing by David Roberts, circa 1848.
Gabriel Prosser (1776–1800), leader of Virginia slave revolt. Galeria Lysistrate (2nd century), mistress of Roman emperor Antoninus Pius. Ganga Zumba or Ganazumba (c. 1630 – 1678), a descendant of an unknown king of Kongo who escaped slavery in colonial Brazil and became the first leader of the runaway slave settlement of Quilombo dos Palmares.
Isma'il, or Moulay Isma'il, ruled as sultan for 55 years between 1672 and 1727, one of longest reigns in Moroccan history. [6] [4] Ruling from a new capital at Meknes, he distinguished himself as a ruler who wished to establish a unified Moroccan state as the absolute authority in the land, independent of any particular group within Morocco – in contrast to previous dynasties which relied on ...
Morocco nominally was ruled by its sultan, the young Abd al-Aziz, through his regent, Ba Ahmed. By 1900, Morocco was the scene of multiple local wars started by pretenders to the sultanate, by bankruptcy of the treasury, and by multiple tribal revolts.
Pages in category "Moroccan slaves" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Lalla Aisha Mubarka; B.
Qara Prison or Habs Qara (Moroccan Arabic: حبس قارا; also Moroccan Arabic: حبس د النصارى, lit. 'Prison of the Christians'), [1] also known as the Prison of the Christian Slaves, [2] is a series of underground vaulted chambers built in the early 18th century in Meknes, Morocco, by order of Sultan Moulay Ismail. [3]