Kota Maryam Monastery. St. George and the Dragon. Detail of Princess and her att

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ETHIOPIAN LATER SOLOMONIC Anonymous: Notice that the attendant is black. Ethiopians traditionally raided in the southern provinces and captured blacks which they sold as slaves. Although the slave trade was outlawed in the 19th century, Ethiopia did not outlaw slavery itself until the 20th.

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