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Islamic countries imported more slaves than the Europeans. Black tribes caught and sold slaves to the Europeans and kept quite a few for themselves. Native American Indians routinely had slaves after defeating other tribes. Slavery is still is an on-going probelm in certain African countries. Free Blacks in America owned slaves before the Civil War. The first slave owner in North America was a free Black. Whites (Irish) were sold into slavery by the English.

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Dictionary by Merriam-Webster:

"slave"(noun): Middle English "sclave", from Old French or Medieval Latin; Old French "esclave", from Medieval Latin "sclavus", from Sclavus Slavic; from the frequent enslavement of Slavs in central europe.

[Joe Marine 76]

Dictionary by Merriam-Webster:

"slave"(noun): Middle English "sclave", from Old French or Medieval Latin; Old French "esclave", from Medieval Latin "sclavus", from Sclavus Slavic; from the frequent enslavement of Slavs in central europe.