10 Interesting Slavery Facts

Thursday, July 25th 2013. | Social


The slavery facts in this post talk about the slavery in the past and modern era. Many people do not realize that there are more slaves in modern era rather than in civil war era. The slavery here means that people keep working without being paid and violated to do to the work. Here are the facts about slavery:

Slavery Facts 1: Slave Export

During the 18th century there were 36,000 solve exports. In 1780s, the slaves were about 80,000 people.

Slavery Facts 2: Angolan People

More than a half of African were sent to US as slaves coming from the Angolan regions. 15 percent of them were exported to British North America.

Slavery Facts

Slavery Facts

Slavery Facts 3: African People

The African people worked as slave in US were myriads. It is estimated that more than 11,863,000 Africans were delivered though the Atlantic Ocean. The death rate was around 10 up to 20 percent during the middle passage.

Slavery Facts 4: African People in US

From 1619 to 1807, more than 500,000 African people were sent to America. It means that 6 percent of the African people were delivered as slaves in America.

Family Slaves

Family Slaves

Slavery Facts 5: Plantation

The West Indies built many American plantations. The number of slaves was so big in the past. The 125 plantations in US owned more than 250 slaves in 1850.

Slavery Facts 6: Population of African People

The population of slaves in Brazil, Dutch Guiana and Caribbean was decreased rapidly. The birth rate was low and the death rate was high. The population of African slaves can be maintained by importing other slaves from Africa.

Old Time Slavery

Old Time Slavery

Slavery Facts 7: Old Aged Slaves

Only few slaves could reach an old age. The North American slaves who reached the age of more than 50 years old were only 10 percent in 1830 to 1860.

Slavery Facts 8: Population of African American Slaves

The African American people who worked as slaves in US were 89 percent. It occupied 33 percent from the entire south population and 13 percent from the nation population in 1860.

Slavery

Slavery

Slavery Facts 9: Slave Children

The slave children were so tiny if you compare them with the modern slave children. They only had the height around 3 feet.

Slavery Facts 10: Slaves Population in US Today

US are the only country in the world which maintains a major increase of the slave population. Now you can see that the number of population for African American people has been enhanced from time to time.

Slaves

Slaves

Slavery should be prevented from now on. Even though people now do not have to work in a plantation, but the modern slavery still occurs. The human trafficking still exits. The bad people force women to works as prostitute. What do you think on facts about slavery?


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