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Overview of the slave trade out of Africa (1500-1900) (i.imgur.com)

submitted 5 months ago by spiritedpause@sh.itjust.works to c/map_enthusiasts@sopuli.xyz

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Source: https://www.slavevoyages.org/blog/overview-slave-trade-out-africa

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[–] Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz 13 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

According to Wikipedia, of the 12-12.8 million African slaves shipped to the new world, about 5.5 million went to Brazil. In comparison, the US received about 388,000.

That's interesting, I knew there were a lot of slaves outside of the US but I've always heard so much about US slaves that I thought they would be a significant portion of the slave trade.

Sources: wikipedia and PBS

Edit: here's a good interactive map on it

[–] SouthEndSunset@lemm.ee 4 points 5 months ago

Wouldn’t have thought that the numbers would be that different though.