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The transatlantic slave trade resulted in a vast and as yet still unknown loss of life for African captives both in and outside of America. Approximately 1.2 - 2.4 million Africans died during their transport to the New World. More died soon upon their arrival. The amount of life lost in the actual procurement of slaves remains a mystery but may equal or exceed the amount actually enslaved.
The savage nature of the trade led to the destruction of individuals and cultures. The following figures do not include deaths of enslaved Africans as a result of their actual labor, slave revolts or diseases they caught while living among New World populations.
A database compiled in the late 1990s put the figure for the transatlantic slave trade at more than 11 million people. For a long time an accepted figure was 15 million, although this has in recent years been revised down. Most historians now agree that at least 12 million slaves left the continent between the 15th and 19th century, but 10 to 20% died on board ships. Thus a figure of 11 million enslaved people transported to the Americas is the nearest demonstrable figure historians can produce. Besides the slaves who died on the Middle Passage itself, even more slaves probably died in the slave raids in Africa. The death toll from four centuries of the Atlantic slave trade is estimated at 10 million.
During these years we may estimate that there were 2,018 separate incidents of lynching in which at least 2,446 African American men, women and children met their deaths in grasp of southern mobs, comprised mostly of whites.
It is impossible to say how many slaves have died worldwide. Many of them may have died of natural causes. Slavery has been around for all of human history and still exists today. Many slaves died without any record of their existence. So this question is impossible to answer.
During the centuries when the slave trade from Africa to the Americas took place, millions of slaves died in transit alone. This excludes the slaves who were worked to death, died of diseases, or were murdered after arrival.
how would anyone know that.thousands and thousands died
American slavery lasted over Three Hundred Years so it would be hard to predict, however millions were kidnapped and transported here and their work was hard and dangerous so find the profession that has the most deaths in it, add hatred and stupidity and theriein lies your answer times 100
there is absolutely no way of ever knowing this, because many people came over whose name was never registered, these people were just bodies and numbers to the slave traders.
1.5 million
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What African countries are African Americans from?
Because of the horrors of slavery and dehumanization of African Americans' ancestors many haven't a record of their family line and connection to where they are truly from. Some say parts of West Africa, based on DNA, but not all are entirely trusting of that.
About how many African Americans were living in Montgomery at the time of bus boycott?
About 50,000 African Americans.
How were the lives of African Americans affected after ww2?
They faced segregation and post traumatic stress disorder(PTSD). Not many of them lived through the first world war, and not many were allowed to go overseas, if they were they were cooks and bell boys.
Under black codes how was life for freed African Americans similar to life under slavery?
there were some laws that prohibit the freed slaves to do many things . for example to have a right to vote
The disagreement over the ratification of the us Constitution had what effect on the government?
For one, slavery was not abolished because even though most northern states were not in favor of slavery, they eventually compromised to create/keep a union. Many African Americans who fought for the country's independence in promise for their freedom were returned to slavery.
What was a result of the fact that people convicted of crimes could be legally forced to work?
Many African Americans were returned to a state of slavery. Southern states and private businesses use convict-leasing to force prisoners to work and then make profits off of their unpaid or underpaid labor.
Why did so many African Americans fight on the side of the Union?
They were fighting to end slavery.
What are three characteristics of the African slavery system?
based on race.tolerated by many americans
What was the civil war to most African Americans?
To most African Americans the Civil War was a way to become free from slavery. After the Civil War blacks would no longer have to be in slavery, and this is why many African Americans signed up to fight for the Union army. They found this war as an opportunity to have rights, and become a citizen. African Americans fought to show that they did have loyalty to the North.
How many African Americans were slaves?
A Lot of them. Now slavery is illegal and now there are no more slaves in north America
What African countries are African Americans from?
Because of the horrors of slavery and dehumanization of African Americans' ancestors many haven't a record of their family line and connection to where they are truly from. Some say parts of West Africa, based on DNA, but not all are entirely trusting of that.
Why do African Americans hate themselves because of slavery?
It is not accurate to say that African Americans hate themselves because of slavery. However, the history of slavery and its legacy of racial discrimination and inequality have had a profound impact on the African American community's sense of identity and self-worth. There can be feelings of anger, frustration, and a struggle with self-acceptance as a result of this historical trauma.
How African-American worked to end slavery?
African Americans had limited means of working to end slavery. Many did however rebel against their masters and attended secret meetings where information would be passed along concerning the US Civil War efforts. Plans were also made as to how African Americans could escape to the free states.
How Many African Americans Died In the Civil War?
About as much toes and fingers of 100 people.
How many minorites died during 1950 - 1980?
3 asians Jewish African Americans
How many African Americans died or were wounded during the Battle of Long Island?
In the Battle of Long Island there were 993 African Americans wounded, 364 killed, 31 missing, and 1,000 captured.
In 1860 were more african americans enslaved or free?
In 1860, the majority of African Americans in the United States were enslaved. Slavery was legal in many Southern states, and the vast majority of African Americans in those states were held in bondage.
