History of Slavery in Asia

By Jackson Taylor
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    First accounts of slavery in Asia during the Han Dynasty in China

  • Slavery abolished in Japan

  • There were nearly 8 to 9 million slaves in India

  • Slavery abolished in India

  • Slavery abolished in Dutch Colonies (i.e. Indonesia)

  • Slavery abolished in Korea

  • Ottoman Empire stops practicing slavery

  • Slavery abolished in China

  • Currently an estimated 300,000 women and children involved in the sex slave trade throughout Southeast Asia