SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
RISE OF THE SLAVE TRADE BLACK HISTORY IN COLONIAL AMERICA
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10 million
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9 million
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13 million
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12 million
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Detailed explanation-1: -After the American Revolution, the Southern slave population exploded, reaching about 1.1 million in 1810 and over 3.9 million in 1860. Source: Historical Statistics of the U.S. (1970).
Detailed explanation-2: -SLAVE POPULATION OF THE UNITED STATES. 1. Aggregate Number–The number of slaves in the United States in 1850 was 3, 204, 313 The number in each of the States at this and every previous census will be found in the fol-lowing table: TABLE LXXI-Slave Population of the United States.
Detailed explanation-3: -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.