Question

Approximately how many Africans were forced into the transatlantic slave trade between 1400 through 1800

Answer 1

12.5 million Africans were shipped off to be traded only 0.7 million survived the dreaded Middle Passage from their home Africa to America.

Answer 2

12.5 million Africans were shipped to the New World. 10.7 million survived the dreaded Middle Passage, disembarking in North America, the Caribbean, and South America.

10.7 million Africans were shipped directly to North America? Only about 388,000.