BLACK SOCIAL HISTORY : BLACK AFRICAN IN SAUDI ARABIA - SLAVES OR NOT ?

A first hand information about the treatment and the magnitude of abuse against the Black African by the Royal Family, the Rich and the Tribal Leaders. Places like Mecca which is the holiest city in the Muslim world host more than 80,000 blacks of African origin who were mainly brought to the Arabian Peninsula by the slave traders. Other cities like Riyadh, Jubal, Jidda and Jizan have also huge numbers of black from Africa dispersed through out the Arabian house holds. Till this date blacks are owned in places like Riyadh the capital of Saudi Arabia mainly by the Royal Family, The current estimate of the Royal Family is around 10,000 and almost all of these Princes and Princess own one or more slaves in their palaces.

These Black African have for a long time known nothing but serving there Arab Masters and seem to have accepted there current station and status because of the consequences of any uprising or demand for freedom : Hilatul Al Abud or the slave quarter is a huge district in Riyadh which was characterized by the sale of slaves throughout the Arabian Peninsular during the 19th century slave trade.