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Viking Slave Chain Late-ninth or early-tenth century

Dublin was the centre of the European:

weapons trade
slave trade
cattle trade

We know very little about slaves at that time because:

records were poorly kept
no records at all were kept at that time
slaves were considered to be of no importance

Many slaves taken to the slave market in Dublin ended up in:

Africa
Scandinavia
Italy and Greece