WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -I conclude that approximately 10 million slaves lived in the United States and that 40 percent of these slaves were living at the outbreak of the American Civil War in 1861. Between 1619 and 1865, slaves in the United States lived about 179 million person-years and contributed 410 billion hours of labor.

Detailed explanation-2: -Historically, there are many different types of slavery including chattel, bonded, forced labour and sexual slavery.

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.

Detailed explanation-4: -According to current estimates, it is believed one in four victims of modern slavery are children, meaning around 10 million are in child slavery today.