SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
RISE OF THE SLAVE TRADE BLACK HISTORY IN COLONIAL AMERICA
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6 to 8 week’s
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1 week’s
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200 week’s
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13 week’s
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Detailed explanation-1: -The journey between Africa and the Americas, “The Middle Passage, ” could take four to six weeks, but the average lasted between two and three months. Chained and crowded with no room to move, Africans were forced to make the journey under terrible conditions, naked and lying in filth.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Middle Passage itself lasted roughly 80 days on ships ranging from small schooners to massive, purpose-built “slave ships.” Ship crews packed humans together on or below decks without space to sit up or move around. Without ventilation or sufficient water, about 15% grew sick and died.
Detailed explanation-3: -So the arrival of Africans in Virginia in 1619 was not the start of a new phenomenon, but the beginning of human trafficking between Africa and North America based on the social norms of Europe.
Detailed explanation-4: -Current estimates are that about 12 million to 12.8 million Africans were shipped across the Atlantic over a span of 400 years.