"Slavery in the Ottoman Empire"

David Hartung wrote

> 
> https://themuslimtimes.info/2020/12/12/slavery-in-the-ottoman-empire/
> 
> [...]
> Slavery in the Ottoman Empire was a legal and significant part of the 
> Ottoman Empireƒ Ts economy and traditional society.[1] The main sources of 
> slaves were wars and politically organized enslavement expeditions in 
> North and East Africa, Eastern Europe, the Balkans, and the Caucasus. It 
> has been reported that the selling price of slaves decreased after large 
> military operations.[2] In Constantinople (present-day Istanbul), the 
> administrative and political center of the Ottoman Empire, about a fifth 
> of the 16th- and 17th-century population consisted of slaves.[3] Customs 
> statistics of these centuries suggest that Istanbulƒ Ts additional slave 
> imports from the Black Sea may have totaled around 2.5 million from 1453 
> to 1700.[4]
> 
> Even after several measures to ban slavery in the late 19th century, the 
> practice continued largely unabated into the early 20th century. As late 
> as 1908, female slaves were still sold in the Ottoman Empire.[5] Sexual 
> slavery was a central part of the Ottoman slave system throughout the 
> history of the institution.[6][7]
> [...]
> 
> It seems that slavery was not just a white North American or European 
issue.

Our lazy white founders also needed niggers to do all their heavy lifting and 
other chores for them.    Allen West says we can thank them for the nigger 
problem America has today!