Afro-Jordanians are Jordanians of Black African heritage.
Afro-Jordanians speak Arabic and mostly adhere to Islam.
Most Afro-Jordanians are concentrated in the Southwest parts of Jordan.
In 1921, former Ottoman Jordan was transformed into the Emirate of Transjordan (1921–1946), which was a British protectorate.
The British Empire, having signed the 1926 Slavery Convention as a member of the League of Nations, was obliged to investigate, report and fight slavery and slave trade in all land under direct or indirect control of the British Empire.