Indian Ocean slave trade
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The Indian Ocean slave trade was a centuries-long system of enslavement and forced migration across East Africa, the Middle East, South Asia, and surrounding regions that profoundly shaped Afro-Asian societies and cultures.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Indian Ocean slave trade canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11796269 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Indian Ocean slave trade Context triple: [Afro-Asian communities, historicalContext, Indian Ocean slave trade]
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A.
Atlantic slave trade
The Atlantic slave trade was a transoceanic system from the 16th to 19th centuries in which millions of Africans were forcibly transported to the Americas and sold into chattel slavery, profoundly shaping the economic and social history of the Atlantic world.
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B.
Indian Ocean trade network
The Indian Ocean trade network was a vast, centuries-long maritime system connecting East Africa, the Middle East, South Asia, and Southeast Asia through the exchange of goods, cultures, and ideas driven by monsoon winds.
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C.
Lancaster slave trade
The Lancaster slave trade was the involvement of the English city and port of Lancaster in the transatlantic trafficking of enslaved Africans during the 18th and early 19th centuries.
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Dahomey and the Slave Trade
"Dahomey and the Slave Trade" is a historical study by Karl Polanyi examining the economic and social structures of the Kingdom of Dahomey in relation to the Atlantic slave trade.
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E.
Thoughts Upon the African Slave Trade
Thoughts Upon the African Slave Trade is an influential 1788 pamphlet by former slave ship captain turned Anglican clergyman John Newton, in which he condemns and details the horrors of the transatlantic slave trade.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Indian Ocean slave trade Target entity description: The Indian Ocean slave trade was a centuries-long system of enslavement and forced migration across East Africa, the Middle East, South Asia, and surrounding regions that profoundly shaped Afro-Asian societies and cultures.
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A.
Atlantic slave trade
The Atlantic slave trade was a transoceanic system from the 16th to 19th centuries in which millions of Africans were forcibly transported to the Americas and sold into chattel slavery, profoundly shaping the economic and social history of the Atlantic world.
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B.
Indian Ocean trade network
The Indian Ocean trade network was a vast, centuries-long maritime system connecting East Africa, the Middle East, South Asia, and Southeast Asia through the exchange of goods, cultures, and ideas driven by monsoon winds.
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C.
Lancaster slave trade
The Lancaster slave trade was the involvement of the English city and port of Lancaster in the transatlantic trafficking of enslaved Africans during the 18th and early 19th centuries.
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D.
Dahomey and the Slave Trade
"Dahomey and the Slave Trade" is a historical study by Karl Polanyi examining the economic and social structures of the Kingdom of Dahomey in relation to the Atlantic slave trade.
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E.
Thoughts Upon the African Slave Trade
Thoughts Upon the African Slave Trade is an influential 1788 pamphlet by former slave ship captain turned Anglican clergyman John Newton, in which he condemns and details the horrors of the transatlantic slave trade.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (95)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical phenomenon
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slave trade ⓘ transoceanic slave trade ⓘ |
| destinationRegion |
Arabian Peninsula
NERFINISHED
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Indian Ocean islands NERFINISHED ⓘ Indian subcontinent NERFINISHED ⓘ Middle Eastern cities ⓘ Persian Gulf ports NERFINISHED ⓘ Southeast Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| documentedIn |
Arabic chronicles
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European travel accounts ⓘ colonial administrative records ⓘ |
| effect |
cultural exchange across the Indian Ocean
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demographic changes in East Africa ⓘ formation of Afro-Asian diasporas ⓘ long-term social stratification ⓘ racial hierarchies in Indian Ocean societies ⓘ spread of Swahili culture ⓘ |
| endTime | 20th century ⓘ |
| hasLanguageContext |
Arabic
ⓘ
English ⓘ Persian ⓘ Portuguese ⓘ Swahili NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| involvedEthnicGroup |
Africans
NERFINISHED
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Arabs NERFINISHED ⓘ Bantu-speaking peoples NERFINISHED ⓘ East Africans ⓘ Malagasy people NERFINISHED ⓘ Persians NERFINISHED ⓘ South Asians NERFINISHED ⓘ Swahili peoples NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| involvedRegion |
Arabian Peninsula
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
East Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ Horn of Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ Indian Ocean islands NERFINISHED ⓘ Indian subcontinent NERFINISHED ⓘ Middle East NERFINISHED ⓘ Persian Gulf NERFINISHED ⓘ South Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ Southeast Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ Swahili Coast NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| legalStatus | gradually abolished in the 19th and 20th centuries ⓘ |
| mainPort |
Basra
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bombay NERFINISHED ⓘ Goa NERFINISHED ⓘ Kilwa Kisiwani NERFINISHED ⓘ Malacca NERFINISHED ⓘ Mombasa NERFINISHED ⓘ Muscat NERFINISHED ⓘ Sofala NERFINISHED ⓘ Surat NERFINISHED ⓘ Zanzibar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainRegion | Indian Ocean basin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| opposedBy |
British abolitionist movement
NERFINISHED
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local anti-slavery reformers ⓘ |
| perpetratorGroup |
Arab traders
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British colonizers ⓘ European colonial traders ⓘ French colonizers ⓘ Indian merchants ⓘ Omani elites ⓘ Persian merchants NERFINISHED ⓘ Portuguese colonizers ⓘ Swahili merchants NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedEvent |
Atlantic slave trade
NERFINISHED
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East African slave trade NERFINISHED ⓘ European colonization of East Africa ⓘ Omani Empire expansion in East Africa ⓘ Zanzibar slave trade NERFINISHED ⓘ trans-Saharan slave trade ⓘ |
| significantPeriod |
19th century
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early modern period ⓘ medieval period ⓘ |
| startTime | antiquity ⓘ |
| studiedIn |
African history
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Indian Ocean studies ⓘ diaspora studies ⓘ |
| typeOfLabor |
agricultural labor
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concubinage ⓘ craft and urban labor ⓘ domestic servitude ⓘ military service ⓘ pearl diving ⓘ |
| usedRoute |
East Africa–India sea route
NERFINISHED
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East Africa–Persian Gulf sea route NERFINISHED ⓘ Red Sea route NERFINISHED ⓘ Swahili Coast–Arabian Peninsula sea route NERFINISHED ⓘ overland caravan routes in East Africa ⓘ overland routes to the Red Sea ports ⓘ |
| victimGroup |
enslaved Africans
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enslaved East Africans ⓘ enslaved Malagasy people ⓘ enslaved South Asians ⓘ enslaved Southeast Asians ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Indian Ocean slave trade Description of subject: The Indian Ocean slave trade was a centuries-long system of enslavement and forced migration across East Africa, the Middle East, South Asia, and surrounding regions that profoundly shaped Afro-Asian societies and cultures.
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