FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
PRE COLUMBIAN AMERICA
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10, 000, 000
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12, 500, 000
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13, 700, 000
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15, 200, 000
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Detailed explanation-1: -Between 1525 and 1866, in the entire history of the slave trade to the New World, according to the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database, 12.5 million Africans were shipped to the New World. 10.7 million survived the dreaded Middle Passage, disembarking in North America, the Caribbean and South America.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Atlantic slave trade to North America The vast majority of slaves transported across the Atlantic Ocean were sent to the Caribbean sugar colonies, Brazil, or Spanish America.
Detailed explanation-3: -Though it is impossible to give accurate figures, some historians have estimated that 6 to 7 million enslaved people were imported to the New World during the 18th century alone, depriving the African continent of some of its healthiest and ablest men and women.
Detailed explanation-4: -By 1700 there were 27, 817 enslaved Africans in British North America. In 1740, there were 150, 024. By 1770, the number of slaves had grown to 462, 000, about one-fifth of the total colonial population.
Detailed explanation-5: -1750: White slaveowners live in cities like Charleston or Savannah; the majority of the 40, 000 slaves live on plantations.