16th to 20th centuriesEdit
Bantu adult and children slaves (referred to collectively as jareer by their Somali masters[13]) were purchased in the slave market exclusively to do undesirable work on plantation grounds.[13] They were made to work in plantations owned by Somalis along the southern Shebelleand Jubba rivers, harvesting lucrative cash crops such as grain and cotton.[14]Bantu slaves toiled under the control of and separately from their Somali patrons.[13]
