From the 1500s to the 1800s, somewhere between 10 and 12 million slaves were transported from Africa to the Americas.
Despite what many may think, Africans enslaved other Africans and then traded them to Europeans for goods. The newly enslaved were placed on large slave ships (the largest of which could hold 400 people) and sent across the Atlantic.
Considering each slave had about 4 square feet of space to themselves, it isn't surprising that about 15% of them died during the journey.
While thousands of slaves came to the United States where their offspring were also likely enslaved, the majority went to South America and the Caribbean. About 48% went to the Caribbean and 41% went Brazil so about 5% went to North America.
Once there, they were sold at auction or markets like cattle and made to work in houses and on plantations raising crops like tobacco and sugar. Neither of which are necessary for human survival.
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