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There were 12 million slaves brought to the United States while slavery was legal. Many of these slaves were brought to colonial America.
No African Americans until 1619 as slaves and by 1860 there were 6 million slaves.
African Americans came to America in the 15th century. They became slaves in 1502 until 1860.
The time period that slaves were brought into America was between 1619 to 1789. Most of the slaves came in from 1720.