Slavery in the USA
When did slavery started ?
1619
(Slavery in America started in 1619, when a Dutch ship brought 20 African slaves ashore in the British colony of Jamestown, Virginia.)
How many black slaves did we estimate the number of?
7 million
(some historians have estimated that 6 to 7 million black slaves were imported to the New World during the 18th century.)
In how many of the original thirteen colonies was slavery legal on the eve of the Revolutionary War ?
13