| An Afrofuturist reading of the transatlantic slave trade becomes an epic tragedy about alien abductees. |
| Muslims were involved in the trans-Saharan slave trade, as well as more legitimate trade. |
| The Quaker, an ardent Federalist, aided Antifederalist opposition to the Constitution by repeatedly raising objections to the slave trade clause. |
| This put the wind back in the sails of Wilberforce who succeeded in pushing through a bill abolishing the slave trade. |
| This figure does not include the Arab slave trade nor the flourishing trade in slaves within Africa. |
| The slave trade and ivory attracted the interest of other European countries. |
