Now if we could just get a handle on modern slavery. There's currently more people enslaved than all of the slaves extracted from Africa over the 400 years of the slave trade combined.
> Estimates of the number of slaves today range from around 21 million to 46 million, depending on the method used to form the estimate and the definition of slavery being used.
> According to research provided by Emory University as well as Henry Louis Gates Jr., an estimated 12.5 million slaves were transported from Africa to colonies in North and South America.
If you're interested in more context around this ship and one of the slaves it brought to the US, I highly recommend "the story of the last slave" written by Zora Neale Hurston in the 1930s, and only recently published (original title: the story of the last black cargo). It's essentially a long interview with one of the people who were on the ship.
More background on the book is available in this article, including why it was only now published:
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[ 2.7 ms ] story [ 17.9 ms ] threadSlavery was never abolished in the US, only restricted.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_in_the_21st_century
> Estimates of the number of slaves today range from around 21 million to 46 million, depending on the method used to form the estimate and the definition of slavery being used.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triangular_trade
> According to research provided by Emory University as well as Henry Louis Gates Jr., an estimated 12.5 million slaves were transported from Africa to colonies in North and South America.
At best one could hope for something that was left by mistake or that unexpectedly survived the fire sufficiently intact.
More background on the book is available in this article, including why it was only now published:
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/may/26/why-the-extrao...