"Traders incur substantial costs & serious ... Though this meant a dangerous and lonely trek across the desert for the manumitted slaves, it helped to keep the size of the slave population in ...

Asylum seekers in Tunisia have been sold to Libyan traffickers for as little as 12 according to human rights groups Read Full ...

Africa's west coast was known as the "white man's grave," and for good reason. The slave traders who worked along the coast lived in an inhospitable land. Exposure to the hot, damp climate and to ...

The Greek-language papyrus, the longest ever found in the Judean Desert, spans more than 133 ... involving forged documents to sell and free slaves. “Freeing slaves does not appear to be a ...