Slave market

A slave market is a market where slaves are bought and sold. These markets had a special role in the history of slavery.

Ottoman Empire
See the main article: Slavery in the Ottoman Empire

In the Ottoman Empire during the mid-14th century, slaves were traded in special marketplaces called "Esir" or "Yesir". These could be found in most cities. It is said that Sultan Mehmed II "the Conqueror" established the first Ottoman slave market in Constantinople in the 1460s, probably where the former Byzantine slave market had stood. According to Nicolas de Nicolay, there were slaves of all ages, and both sexes; the wew displayed naked, so that possible buyers could check them thououghly.[1]

In the early 18th century, the Crimean Khanate had a massive slave trade with the Ottoman Empire and the Middle East. They expöorted about 2 million slaves from Russia and Poland-Lithuania between 1500 and 700.[2] Caffa (modern Feodosia) became one of the best-known and significant trading ports and slave markets.[3]

References
  1. "Fischer W. Alan (1978) The sale of slaves in the Ottoman Empire: Markets and state taxes on slave sales, some preliminary considerations. Bogazici Universitesi Dergisi, Beseri Bilimler - Humanities, vol. 6, pp. 150-151" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on January 11, 2012. Retrieved 2016-03-23.
  2. Darjusz Kołodziejczyk, as reported by Mikhail Kizilov (2007). "Slaves, Money Lenders, and Prisoner Guards:The Jews and the Trade in Slaves and Captives in the Crimean Khanate". The Journal of Jewish Studies: 2.
  3. "Historical survey > Slave societies". Britannica.com. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
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