From 1560 to 1850, about 4.8 million enslaved people were transported to Brazil 4.7 million were sent to the Caribbean and at least 388,000, or 4% of those who survived the Middle Passage, arrived in North America. The most common routes formed what is now known as the "Triangle Trade," connecting Europe, Africa, and the Americas. While frequently recognized as a place of debate and protest during the American Revolution and subsequent social revolutions, this building also serves as a reminder of the wealth amassed by the port city of Boston from the Transatlantic trade, which included the selling of enslaved Africans.įrom the 1500s to the 1800s, merchants transported approximately 12 million Africans across the Atlantic as human property. Boston's "Cradle of Liberty," Faneuil Hall, stands only steps away from sites where merchants sold enslaved Africans whom they had trafficked across the Middle Passage from West Africa to North America.
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