November 08, 2018 at 05:00 pm | History
Slaves shackled together by their necks and hands…History Things
Number of slaves
From 1526 to 1867, approximately 12.5 million slaves were transported to the Americas and the Caribbean. Only about 10.7 million slaves survived after the slavery ships docked in the aforementioned places.
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