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An estimated 12 million people were transported in chains from Africa to the Americas over a period of about 340 years. The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade was an industry that tore mothers and fathers from their children. It was an industry that gave evil men and women full license to abuse the innocent as they pleased. Even after the final conclusion of the trade, the mass enslavement of human beings continued well into the next century (the last century from our perspective).
Within the narratives that survive today are stories of cold-hearted torture and bloody murder.
Slavery was a painful experience. Slavery is still one of the most difficult topics to discuss.
As a result, there is a lot of confusion about the extent of the slave trade in Africa and the role that Africans played in the process.