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1490s

1490s: Black slaves known as sclavi negri began to outnumber white slaves in Sicily.

1490s: Black slaves known as sclavi negri began to outnumber white slaves in Sicily. This demographic shift reflected the “blackening” of the slave population in the Mediterranean due to the Arab caravan trade.

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