SLAVE TRADE

Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade that lasted over 400 years from roughly 1450-1900. A break down as to where the approximately 11 million slaves ended up when they arrived in the Americas. Brazil..........4,000,000..... .35% Spanish Empire.....2,500,000......22.1 & British West Indies2,000,000......17.7% French West Indies.1,600,000......14.1% British N. America/..500,000.......4.4% United States Dutch West Indies....500,000.......4.4% Danish West Indies....28,000.........2% The other 1.8% of the African Slaves went to Europe. Do you notice that less than 1 in 20 came to the US. The other thing to note is that most slaves went to Spanish speaking countries. That is where the African slaves were called "Negros" because it was the Spanish/Portugese word for black. You see most of the slave traders were not white but rather Spanish/Portugese.