Slave raiding

Slave raiding be a military raid for de purpose of capturing people den bringing dem from de raid area make dem serve as slaves. Once dem see as a normal part of warfare, e nowadays be widely considered a war crime. Na slave raiding occur since antiquity. Sam of de earliest surviving written records of slave raiding cam from Sumer (insyd present-day Iraq). Na kidnapping den prisoners of war be de most common sources of African slaves, although indentured servitude anaa punishment sanso result in slavery.

De chaw alternative methods of obtaining human beings make dem work insyd indentured anaa oda involuntary conditions, as well as technological den cultural changes, na dem make slave raiding rarer.

 Reasons 
Na slave raiding be a large den lucrative trade on de coasts of Africa, insyd Europe, Mesoamerica, den insyd medieval Asia. Na de Crimean–Nogai slave raids insyd Eastern Europe provide sam two anaa three million slaves to de Ottoman Empire via de Crimean slave trade over de course of four centuries. De Barbary pirates from de 16th century dey go thru 1830 engaged insyd razzias insyd Africa den de European coastal areas as far away as Iceland, dey capture slaves for de Muslim slavery market insyd North Africa den West Asia. Na de Atlantic slave trade be predicated on European countries wey dey endorse den dey support slave raiding between African tribes make dem supply de workforce of agricultural plantations insyd de Americas.

 Methods 
De act of slave raiding dey involve an organised den concerted attack on a settlement plus de purpose of taking de area ein people. Na dem often keep de collected new slaves insyd sam form of slave pen anaa depot. From der, de slave takers go transport dem to a distant place by means such as a slave ship anaa camel caravan. Wen na dem enslave conquered people wey na dem remain insyd dema place, e no be raiding.

 Historically 

 Saracen piracy 

 Vikings 

 Crimean–Nogai slave raids 

 Barbary pirates 

 West Africa 

 Spanish insyd Chile 

 South African Republic den de Boer Republics 

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