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Madagascar becomes a source of slaves, not …
Years: 1684 - 1827
Madagascar becomes a source of slaves, not only for the neighboring islands of Mauritius and Rodrigues, but also for more distant points, including the Western Hemisphere.
Madagascar's social and political structure facilitates the slave trade.
Within several small coastal kingdoms, stratified societies of nobles, commoners, and slaves give allegiance to a single king or queen.
For example, the Sakalava ethnic group dominated the western and northern portions of Madagascar in two separate kingdoms.
Menabe, on the barren western grasslands, has its first capital at Toliara; ...
Locations
Groups
- Arab people
- Sakalava people
- Antanosy people
- Mahafaly
- Madagascar, feudal
- Antandroy
- French East India Company
- Menabé, Sakalava Kindom of
- Boina, Sakalava Kingdom of
- Betsimisaraka confederation
Topics
- Interaction with Subsaharan Africa, Early European
- Colonization of Asia, Portuguese
- Colonization of Asia, French
- Sub-Saharan Africa, Modern
- Piracy, Golden Age of
Commodoties
Subjects
Regions
Subregions
Years: 1684 - 1827
Locations
Groups
- Arab people
- Sakalava people
- Antanosy people
- Mahafaly
- Madagascar, feudal
- Antandroy
- French East India Company
- Menabé, Sakalava Kindom of
- Boina, Sakalava Kingdom of
- Betsimisaraka confederation
Topics
- Interaction with Subsaharan Africa, Early European
- Colonization of Asia, Portuguese
- Colonization of Asia, French
- Sub-Saharan Africa, Modern
- Piracy, Golden Age of
Commodoties
Subjects
Regions
Subregions