The Qur'an states that free men shall not be enslaved. Yet, like so many societies before them, Muslims of medieval Africa participated in the slave trade. Find out how slaves were obtained and used in Africa in The Role of Islam in African Slavery, an informative article by About.com Guide to African History, Alistair Boddy-Evans.

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