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The author focuses mainly on women in Africa. The article tries to answer why slave women are”highly valued than slave men” (Guvenc, 221). There are more women involved in the African internal slave trade than men due to their high demand. In the year 186o up to 1890s, the price of slave women and children are doubled compared to slave men. The reason why women are preferred is for the mainly for the reason of reproduction. The article also explains how women are able to survive and get out of slavery. This article is probably the most helpful to my paper because it focuses on women. The author argues that women are victims but some of them are also the reason to why female slavery is able to continue. This will be helpful because it explains

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