The black African slaves of the Middle East were written was being “submissive to slavery”, and were compared to “dumb animals”. They were called, “Abdullah”, meaning, “God’s slave”, a term that could be applied to any person not of the Muslim faith. Throughout Islamic history, there were numerous “Holy Wars” fought with the express purpose of plundering villages and taking groups of people as slaves. These slaves were often castrated, forced into the army as children, and slaughtered. Here, women more often than men were enslaved, because rather than being used for physical labor (as most slaves were used for in European nations), they were sex slaves, or concubines. The children born to the African slaves of the Middle East were killed at birth.
The black African slaves of the Middle East were written was being “submissive to slavery”, and were compared to “dumb animals”. They were called, “Abdullah”, meaning, “God’s slave”, a term that could be applied to any person not of the Muslim faith. Throughout Islamic history, there were numerous “Holy Wars” fought with the express purpose of plundering villages and taking groups of people as slaves. These slaves were often castrated, forced into the army as children, and slaughtered. Here, women more often than men were enslaved, because rather than being used for physical labor (as most slaves were used for in European nations), they were sex slaves, or concubines. The children born to the African slaves of the Middle East were killed at birth.