21/08/2025
The slave trade began when the Arabs invaded North Africa for the first time in the 7th century AD. The first Arab entry into Africa was through Egypt.
An Arab military general named General Amir Aben Alas invaded Egypt in December 639 AD.
Amir had successfully conquered Egypt and went ahead and conquered other places such as Tunisia and western Libya.
Once these areas had been completely conquered by the Arabs, they imposed tributes of 360 slaves in all regions they occupied and controlled.
This is the Islamic Awareness of the Islamic slave trade in Africa. North Africans were Islamized by their Arab slave masters.
Today, many Africans pose as Muslims without knowing how the owners of such a religion brutally enslaved their black African ancestors for over 700 years.
Britain played a significant role in the transatlantic slave trade. John Lok, the first recorded Englishman, brought enslaved people from Africa to England in 15551. Britain used its influence to abolish the slave trade and interdict slaving ships. The National Archives holds records related to the slave trade and slavery in the British Caribbean and North American colonies.