How many slaves were sent to the West Indies?

Answer 1

THEY WERE TRANSPORTED TO THE NEW WORLD IN THE 1600'S (DUMMIES)Actually, the earliest Africans to arrive in the"New World" were transported by the Portugese and Spanish as early as the first decades of the 1500's when they were purchased from Arab and Bedouin traders (in Africa)to be taken to colonies in the West Indies, South America (the area now known as Brazil) and to the Spanish held lands now known as Mexico. In fact, the first Africans brought to Jamestown (the first permanent English colony in the Americas) were actually removed from a Portugeses slave ship that was intercepted by an English privateer (aka: pirate) vessel on its way to the West Indies. AND, Africans were not the only people to be enslaved. Check your facts....if nothing else, look up 'slavery' on the internet...you will probably find more information than you want and you might even learn something. TRY THIS: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_slave_trade {for a start}

Answer 2

the ships were built to hold 450 passengers but over 600 slave were crammed on deck It's estimated that during the four-and-a-half centuries of the trans-Atlantic slave trade, Portugal was responsible for transporting over 4.5 million Africans (roughly 40 per cent of the total). During the eighteenth century however, when the slave trade accounted for the transport of a staggering 6 million Africans, Britain was the worst transgressor - responsible for almost 2.5 million.From master milim

Answer 3

Unknown. 1.8 million died on the journey across the Atlantic; millions more died without reaching a ship. Ten million in all is probably of the right order of magnitude: some estimates range far higher, but all are conjectural.

It is virtually impossible to number the amount of slaves lost during the slave trade. Slaves were considered property and therefore could be killed at the whim of the owner. No accurate records were kept of slave deaths. Disposal of property was not and is not recorded.

Answer 4

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Answer 5

Christopher Columbus

Answer 6

Between 250-400 depending on the ships size but the would let the slaves in a small space on the boat