Slave trading also connected Europe with North Africa and the East African coast with the Middle East. The geographical comparison extends toward the region bordering the Indian subcontinent. Shipowners willing to treat people as commodities could profit at multiple points in these trades. The comparison places Atlantic slavery within a wider set of maritime routes for transporting enslaved people.
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Slave-trade routes beyond the Atlantic
The geographical comparison covers slave-trading routes from Europe to North Africa and from East Africa toward the Middle East.