![]() The pit and the Slave Market Memorial is in the same location where enslaved people were gathered to be brought and sold. The market in Stone Town was infamous for being the most brutal. Although the slave trade took place all over the island, three major markets saw the bulk of these inhumane transactions. Zanzibar was home to one of the largest slave markets in the world. For those that did make it, another ordeal awaited, as they were sold at this site and then were likely shipped off to various Arab countries. With little food, rampant disease, and appalling conditions, not all of the captives survived long enough to reach Zanzibar. Enslaved people were transported to Zanzibar via overcrowded dhows. ![]() The last vestige of this horrific institution was located in Stone Town, Zanzibar. ![]() In 1873 the world’s last open slave market closed. ![]()
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