Slaves in Africa

Ghilman (singular ', plural ') were slave-soldiers and/or mercenaries in armies throughout the Islamic world. Islamic states from the early 9th century to the early 19th century consistently deployed slaves as soldiers, a phenomenon that was very rare outside of the Islamic world.

Yoruba linguist and the first African Anglican bishop in Nigeria (1809-1891)

West African princess

important figure in the cultivation of vanilla

leader of La Amistad slave revolt

mansa of the Mali Empire

Black Loyalist founding father of Sierra Leone

one of the last known survivors of the Atlantic Slave Trade

English sailor

former Sudanese slave, abolitionist

Dutch missionary

Ndugu M’Hali or Kalulu ( – 28 March 1877) was an African slave and adopted child of the explorer and journalist Henry Morton Stanley. Although Kalulu died young, in his short life he visited Europe, America and the Seychelles. He had a book dedicated to him, a model in Madame Tussauds, and was a guest at David Livingstone's funeral.

Cuban slave, rebel leader

late babalawo

American poet

Mahbuba (Arabic: محبوبة / maḥbūba c. 1825 – 27 October 1840) was an Oromo girl from present-day Ethiopia who was taken to Germany as a slave. She is known to have helped lay the foundations for the Oromo language studies in Europe by reciting her oral traditions through songs.

leader of Aponte Conspiracy

Chieftain

thumb|Life mask of Osifekunde commissioned by Pascal d'Avezac-Macaya around 1838

thumb|S'Nabou in Le Monde illustré, 2 July 1892 '''Alima S'Nabou''' (born c. 1880) was an African interpreter (from modern day Nigeria) who accompanied a French explorer named Lieutenant Mizon.

19th century Nigerian slave merchant