When it began
This month marks 400 years since the first recorded African slaves arrived in North America to work plantations in English colonies. In the centuries after, European slave traders shipped across millions of African men, women and children. https://t.co/U2XJIxB3lV pic.twitter.com/MC5nMJQRKo — Reuters Top News (@Reuters) August 1, 2019 From 1514 to 1866, more than 12.5 million African captives were forced onto about 40,000 European ships, the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database estimates. https://t.co/KqsGSt5ARV Via @ReutersGraphics pic.twitter.com/i13dy1lFlI — Reuters Top News (@Reuters) August 2, 2019