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420falilv t1_jef34lb wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in TIL of Cáin Adomnáin, dubbed "Europe's first human rights treaty". Created in the year 697, was a set of laws - which kings across Ireland and parts of Scotland mutually agreed to follow - that guaranteed the safety of non-combatants in warfare. by Madbrad200

Funny how Dublin was supposedly the largest slave trading port in the world, when it wouldn't exist until 200 years after this treaty.

Chattel slavery was outlawed in Ireland until the arrival of the Vikings who established Dublin and used it as a slave port. The vast majority of people being sold by the Vikings were Irish.

"Ireland" wasn't prone to doing anything at that time, individual Tuath may have been, or the aforementioned Vikings.

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Mysticpoisen t1_jef62k7 wrote

While Viking settlement was indeed established in the 9th century, there's evidence of settlements in that area going back to the Mesolithic. Ptolemy wrote of a city in that spot in 140CE.

You are absolutely right that Dublin didn't become a major slaving port until Viking controlled Dublin.

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420falilv t1_jef7oym wrote

Yes, there was a settlement near where Dublin sits now, called Áth Cliath, which is where Dublin gets its name in Irish today from (Baile Átha Cliath), but Dublin, which was further inland, was established in the 9th century.

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