The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Uprooted Millions

It is estimated that close to 20 million people were forced to leave the African continent enslaved. 

By 1800, this had decimated the African population to half the size it would have been had slavery not occurred. 

Around 40 percent of Africans uprooted in slavery are believed to have come from Angola in Southern Africa, with another 30 percent who came from the Bay of Benin in West Africa.

The numbers taken from database project SlaveVoyages.org indicate the number of Africans disembarking. Many more died on the way because of lack of food and water and horrid conditions aboard the slave ships. Others were uprooted in the trans-Saharan, the red sea and the Indian slave trade, which partly predated the trans-Atlantic slave trade.

See the whole story on Statista here:

https://www.statista.com/chart/19068/trans-atlantic-slave-trade-by-country-region/ 

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