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Arab-Muslim slave trades castration

The practice of castrating male captives in the Arab-Muslim slave trades, including the routes, markets, and mortality rates involved.

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Did Arabic/Muslim enslavers castrate male slaves, and did the trans saharan slave journey lead to a lot of deaths

Historical scholarship and contemporary reporting agree that castration of some male captives occurred in routes and markets tied to the Arab-Muslim slave trades, and that the trans‑Saharan marches we...