According to research by historian Robert Davis, "white slavery," particularly the enslavement of European Christians by North African Muslims along the Barbary Coast, was significantly more widespread than previously believed, with estimates suggesting that over a million Europeans were captured and enslaved between 1530 and 1780; this is a much higher number than previous historical estimations

 

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 According to research by historian Robert Davis, "white slavery," particularly the enslavement of European Christians by North African Muslims along the Barbary Coast, was significantly more widespread than previously believed, with estimates suggesting that over a million Europeans were captured and enslaved between 1530 and 1780; this is a much higher number than previous historical estimations.