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Lumpy-Ad-2103 t1_j6gcir4 wrote

Reply to comment by Visual_Ad5107 in ELI5:Why is barbary slave trade never talked about in mainstream history? by yolofreeway

It’s less than 4%. Between 380 and 450,000 slaves were transported to the US. Over 12 million were transported from Africa with ~10.5 million surviving the journey.

Side note, more slaves died during the voyage across the Atlantic in the 300 years that route was active than were taken in the Barbary trade.

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