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      The English word slave comes from Old French sclave, from the Medieval Latin sclavus, from the Byzantine Greek σκλ?βος, which, in turn, comes from the ethnonym Slav, because in some early Medieval wars many Slavs were captured and enslaved.


      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery


      The Roots of Slavery>> http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/9chapter1.shtml

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