Slavery became a global industry for the first time in history when millions of African men and women were sold as slaves to Europeans.
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315 years. 20,528 voyages.
Millions of lives.
By the conclusion of the trans-Atlantic slave trade at the end of the 19th century, Europeans had enslaved and transported more than 12.5 million Africans. At least 2 million, historians estimate, didn’t survive the journey.
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