HST 198 Chapter Notes - Chapter 24.3: Slavery In Africa, Atlantic Slave Trade, Royal African Company
19 Sep 2016
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Between 1450-1850 it is estimated that 12 million african slaves were shipped across the atlantic. With a mortality rate of 10-20% on the ships. 10-11 million of the africans actually arrived in the americas. 16th century slave trade number were small. In the 17th century they raised to about 16,000. In the 18th century 7 million slaves were a part of the atlantic slave trade. Even in the 19th century slave trade was big in many places like cuba and brazil receiving between 700,000-1 million slave. The huge import of slaves was necessary because in the slave population mortality was high, but fertility low. Over time there was usually a loss of population. In the southern u. s. slave populations did grow because most did not work in dangerous/unhealthy occupations(like sugar growing and mining) By 1860 6 million slaves worked in the americas, 4 million of those located in the southern u. s.
