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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Thought2: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by ausar: [b]Thought,you ever talked to a Tuareg or asked them what the word iklan means. The Tuaregs have a system of caste where the Iklan is on the bottom while the ones wearing the blue veil are usually the nobels. You also have castes like Haratin or a blacksmith caste. Haratin are indigenou Saharan people conquered by the Tuareg;while the black smith caste are usually Western African black smiths. Tuaregs never do agritcultural work themselves but make Haratin and Iklan do these services. No intermarriage goes on between these caste systems. What used to occur in Western Africa prior to Europeans was that Muslim tribes in the Sahel would go into non-Muslims villages capturing them. Most of these people were Mande or Fulani people. The Mande Muslims in Timbuktu would sell these captured people to Tuareg people around the Sahara who would in turn tell them to the Arabs in the north. John Hunnwick in his book documents this. Ibn Battua and Leo Africanus were both eye-witness to this occurence. Don't be mistaken though that Tuaregs also traded white slaves. Often white slaves from Spain or Portugal would come into their hands where they would change hands. Tuareg people were equal opportunity slavers. Modern Tuareg people are a little bitter after being kicked out of Mali by people there. Books don't always tell everything about the Tuareg people. Lots of books on Tuareg people are racist romantization often showing Tuaregs as ''dark white'' which is defeinatley not the case. Most Tuaregs look like Eastern Africans but their Iklan look like Western Africans. [/b][/QUOTE] Thought Writes: I don't doubt that the Tuareg sold or had slaves. But the generic term "Slavery" has little meaning when everything from a Chattel Slave from the Antebellum south to a sex slave in suburban Maryland can be lumped together. In addition, during the middle ages, the Tuareg were minor players in the Sudanese zone. The Songhai and Mandinka were the major players and if slavery occured we should first look at their participation. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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