Slavery In Medieval Times

Back in the Medieval Times slavery took place as well just like there was a medieval slave trade that occurred during these times. The destinations of the trade were the Byzantine Empire and the Muslim world and other important sources. There were merchants such as Viking, Arab, Greek, and Jewish who were all involved in the slave trades done during these Middle Ages. By the 10th Century the trade of European slaves grew while blacks became less popular. Egypt and Syria were also receiving large shipments of Slavs from the trades. There was constant warfare between the Muslims and the Christians which mostly took place in Medieval Spain and Portugal. In medieval Europe slavery became so popular that the Roman Catholic Church constantly and repeatedly prohibited it. Also the export of Christian slaves to non-Christian lands were prohibited as well. North African Barbary Pirates captured Christian slaves from the 11th century to the 19th century to sell at slave markets in places like Algeria and Morocco. There were also Dominican friars who arrived at the Spanish settlement at Santo Domingo who also did not allow the enslavement of local Indians. Large numbers of slaves were brought into the Islamic world due to the Byzantine-Ottoman wars and the Ottoman wars in Europe.