How many people were forcibly removed from Africa and bought to the Americas?

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How many people were forcibly removed from Africa and bought to the Americas?

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Cynthia · Answer 1

Some eleven to twelve million Africans were forcibly carried to the Americas. Of those, roughly one-half million (or about 4.5 percent) were taken to mainland North America or what became the United States.

Snuggles · Answer 2

Only about 388,000 were brought to North America.