According to the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database, that
there are over 10 million Africans for transference to the Americas between the
sixteenth and nineteenth centuries. Slaves were kept in a factory while in
anticipation of shipment. Current estimates are that about 12 million Africans
were sent across the Atlantic, although the number acquired by the
traders was significantly higher, as the route had a high death rate. Near the
beginning of the 19th century, numerous governments acted to veto the trade, though
illegal smuggling still happened.
