Prior to the large maritime expansion of slave labor by Europe, slavery and slave trading existed for a long time.
The idea of slavery to them was surrounded by the idea of the continuing conflict between the Muslim and Christian religion, where an abundance of the slaves were created or enslaved as prisoners of war. As Eickelmann stated in her brief excerpt about the transatlantic slave trade, “What established the case for using Africans as slaves was not merely the availability of Africans in such large, economic numbers, but European ideas about slavery itself. Europe was, of course, divided against itself at home… Europeans, however, seemed united on one thing: they would not use other Europeans as slaves” (Eickelmann). This shows that
The idea of slavery to them was surrounded by the idea of the continuing conflict between the Muslim and Christian religion, where an abundance of the slaves were created or enslaved as prisoners of war. As Eickelmann stated in her brief excerpt about the transatlantic slave trade, “What established the case for using Africans as slaves was not merely the availability of Africans in such large, economic numbers, but European ideas about slavery itself. Europe was, of course, divided against itself at home… Europeans, however, seemed united on one thing: they would not use other Europeans as slaves” (Eickelmann). This shows that