SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
RISE OF THE SLAVE TRADE BLACK HISTORY IN COLONIAL AMERICA
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Question
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Around how many slaves were in imported from Africa?
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500
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5, 000
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500, 000
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5, 000, 000
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -Between 1810 and 1860, over 3.5 million slaves were transported, with 850, 000 in the 1820s.
Detailed explanation-3: -The schooner Clotilda (often misspelled Clotilde) was the last known U.S. slave ship to bring captives from Africa to the United States, arriving at Mobile Bay, in autumn 1859 or July 9, 1860, with 110 African men, women, and children.
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