jan 1, 1797 - "In Constantinople there is a market for slaves of both sexes, and the Jews are the principal merchants, who bring them to be sold: there are great numbers of girls, brought from Hungary, Greece, Candia, Circassia, Mingrelia, and Georgia, for the Turks, who buy them for their seraglios (harems)." -Elements of Geography and of Natural and Civil History By John Walker
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Walker, 1797, p. 239Added to timeline:
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jan 1, 1797
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~ 229 years ago