Slavery existed in Europe since classical times and did not disappear with the collapse of the Roman Empire. In fact, slavery was an international institution throughout the world that existed long before the Romans. From the 8th century onwards, the Arab-run slave trade flourished, much of which took place in East Africa, Arabia and the Indian Ocean. This trade was adopted by Europeans and continued throughout the New World. Arabia implemented slavery in the most civilized way; The American institution of slavery was based on racism, discrimination, and brutality. The treatment of slaves in America and Arabia differed greatly; The American system of slavery was horrible, compared to Arabia and other continents. It is not an evil institution as some might think; it is not necessarily immoral or criminal. When America was founded, slavery was introduced to that continent to replace indentured servitude; The Spanish's use of Aboriginal people as slaves proved unsuccessful, and due to previous trade with Africa, Africans were immune to European and similar diseases, so African slavery proved to be the most efficient. Most African slaves were captured by other Africans, as prisoners of war or simply because they belonged to a rival tribe, then they were sold to passing traders, Europeans (later Americans) being one of the customers. The Arabs, however, obtained their slaves by capturing prisoners of war – soon limited only to infidels captured in a holy war – and/or from the children of two slave parents. The conquests of the Arab armies and the subsequent expansion of the Islamic State led to the capture of prisoners of war who were subsequently released or transformed into... middle of paper... were in other parts of the world. I find that both continents approach to slavery is logical, but it was wrong for America to use their slaves as slaves, it was terribly ruthless, what they did to the (African-American) slaves is considered a crime against humanity. Works CitedBBC News. BBC and Web. 11 November 2013. "Gender and Slavery.html." Gender and slavery.html. Np, nd Web. November 16, 2013. “Islamic Views on Slavery.” Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, November 15, 2013. Web. November 16, 2013."Slavery in the United States." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, November 16, 2013. Web. November 16, 2013. “Historical Slavery in the United States.” Historical slavery of the United States. Np, nd Web. November 11, 2013. "The Varieties of Slave Labor, the History of Freedom, TeacherServe®, National Center for the Humanities." The Varieties of Slave Labor, The History of Freedom, TeacherServe®, National Center for Humanistic Studies. Np, nd Web. November 16. 2013.