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During the Song Dynasty the numbers of African slaves increased in China. Most came from [[Madagascar]] and the Comoros Islands and thus indirectly from Africa, since the Arabs brought sub-Saharan Africans to both areas. Most Kunlun slaves in China lived in Canton Province. By this time they were mostly viewed as a displaced people who lacked the ability to adapt to the Chinese environment. They were also described as savages with unintelligible speech.<ref>https://archive.is/2noUk#selection-1235.1-1271.338</ref>

During the Song Dynasty the numbers of African slaves increased in China. Most came from [[Madagascar]] and the Comoros Islands and thus indirectly from Africa, since the Arabs brought sub-Saharan Africans to both areas. Most Kunlun slaves in China lived in Canton Province. By this time they were mostly viewed as a displaced people who lacked the ability to adapt to the Chinese environment. They were also described as savages with unintelligible speech.<ref>https://archive.is/2noUk#selection-1235.1-1271.338</ref>

== The Islamic Trans-Sahara slave trade ==

== Islamic slave trade ==

{{See also|Arab slave trade}}

{{See also|Arab slave trade}}

Slavery was rapidly declining in Europe due to the influence of Christianity, and had all but disappeared from much of Europe when the advent of Islam brought a rebirth of the slave trade.<ref>L W Miller, Anti-Slavery Activism 101, ECM Publ, 2011</ref>

Slavery was rapidly declining in Europe due to the influence of Christianity, and had all but disappeared from much of Europe when the advent of Islam brought a rebirth of the slave trade.<ref>L W Miller, Anti-Slavery Activism 101, ECM Publ, 2011</ref>