The vast majority of slaves imported in the slave trade went to:?

Question

the Southern United States
Brazil and Spanish Colonies
Cuba
none of the above

Answer 1

The vast majority of slaves went to Brazil, the Caribbean, Central and South America. Only about 5% wound up in North America.

Answer 2

Here are some statistics:
Area_____________Number of Slaves__%
Brazil_________________4,000,000___35.4
Spanish Empire_________2,500,000____22.1
British West Indies_______2,000,000____17.7
French West Indies______1,600,000____14.1
Canada and United States_500,000______4.4
Dutch West Indies_______500,000______4.4
Danish West Indies________28,000_______0.2
Europe (and Islands)_____200,000_______1.8
Data derived from table II as presented in:
The Slave Trade
by Hugh Thomas
Simon and Schuster, 1997,
ISBN 0-68481063-8



As a result of the slave trade, five times as many Africans arrived in the Americas than Europeans. Slaves were needed on plantations and for mines and the majority was shipped to Brazil, the Caribbean, and the Spanish Empire.

Less than 5% travelled to the Northern American States formally held by the British.

The third, and final, leg of the triangular trade involved the return to Europe with the produce from the slave-labour plantations: cotton, sugar, tobacco, molasses and rum.

Answer 3

The vast majority went to Brazil, the Caribbean, and Spanish-speaking regions of South America.

Answer 4

The majority of Africans (approx. 4M) sold and transported in the slave trade went to Brazil. The next largest group went to the Spanish colonies. Next in terms of percentage were the West Indies (French, British and Dutch). The United States purchased approx 500,000 African slaves. The overall number of slaves naturally increased as that original slave population gave birth and those offspring were born into slavery. In all, over 11M Africans were sold into slavery and taken to varous parts of the world. All true!

Answer 5

the Southern United States

Answer 6

Brazil the Spanish colonies and the Caribbean

Answer 7

They went to the Islands south of the US Like the Bahamas. They were used to harvest sugar.

Answer 8

none of the above.