Slave market

A slave market is a market where slaves are bought and sold. These markets had a special role in the history of slavery.

 Ottoman Empire 

In the Ottoman Empire during the mid-14th century, slaves were traded in special marketplaces called "Esir" or "Yesir". These could be found in most cities.  It is said that Sultan Mehmed II "the Conqueror" established the first Ottoman slave market in Constantinople in the 1460s, probably where the former Byzantine slave market had stood. According to Nicolas de Nicolay, there were slaves of all ages, and both sexes; the wew displayed naked, so that possible buyers could check them thououghly.

In the early 18th century, the Crimean Khanate  had a massive  slave trade with the Ottoman Empire and the Middle East. They expöorted about  2 million slaves from Russia and Poland-Lithuania between 1500 and 700.Darjusz Kołodziejczyk, as reported by  Caffa (modern Feodosia) became one of the best-known and significant trading ports and slave markets.

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