It is estimated that between 12 and 15 million African slaves were sold to the Americas within the 300 years of the transatlantic slave trade (Bottaro, et al. 2013).
See the graph below:
Figure 10: Statista, 2019. Estimated annual number of slaves who embarked on ships in Africa and disembarked in the Americas from 1501 to 1866. (Statista, 2019).
Learner activity 5: Group work.
During which years were there the most slaves taken to the Americas?
How accurate do you think these numbers are?
Slavery in North America ended in the 1860's, and there were 4 million slaves, although there were only about 400 00 slaves shipped to North America. Why do you think this is?
Why do you think there was always a difference in the number of slaves that embarked on the journey and the number of slaves that disembarked (arrived) on the Americas?