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It is estimated about 500,000. That is all. However, they all came from the same region in Africa. The West coast of Africa all centrally around Sierra Leone. Bunce Island was the slave processing center for Henry Laurens (former President of the Continental Congress of the United States of America) and shipped the most valuable people who were most techanically proficient in cultivating rice. Go to African history.about.com or HenryLaurens.com for more information. Also go to www.myspace.com/kinship society for more questions to be answered. Thank you.
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How many slaves were in North America in the 1600's?
800000 slaves were brought to northAmerica
Who started the slave trade in America?
The American, when they went over to Africa to get slaves they brought them to America and sold them off to the British North Americans who kept them as slaves for as long as they could. Many of the slaves decided to take their own lives and jumped overboard while being boarded to America.
How many Africans where brought to America as slaves?
It is uncertain of the exact number, but it is estimated that there were 600,000 slaves brought from Africa. This made up about five percent of the total number of slaves.
How many people were brought to america as slaves?
9.4 to 12 million people.
Which of the following is one of the reasons why so many slaves were brought from Africa to be used on plantations in North and South America?
There were not enough people to work on the plantations in the Americas.
