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1490s

1490s: Enslaved black people, known as sclavi negri, began to outnumber enslaved whi

1490s: Enslaved black people, known as sclavi negri, began to outnumber enslaved white people in Sicily. This demographic shift reflected the “blackening” of the enslaved population in the Mediterranean due to the Arab caravan trade.

Source  ·  p. xix Eltis & Richardson, Atlas, xix