The Breeze February 2015

As this is Black History Month we felt you might want to
know a few facts of this horrible era in Americaan history.
Three out of four slaves entered America thruough
Charleston and were sold on the street until 1953. The
greatest number of slaves where brought from the Congo
Angola Region.
Slave traders traded textiles, iron, guns and alcohol in
exchange for people. They would sell their “cargo” to
planters and mine owners in America for gold, silver,
sugar, and tobacco which they would sell in Europe. A
round trip netting $41,000 in profit.
More than 35 million slaves were imported to Brazil,
which were emancipated in 1888.
There was an estimated 450,000 African voyages to
America of the more than 10 million overall slave voyages.
In 1790, South Carolina had 107,304 slaves, by 1830 they
had 315, 401.
ANNUAL SOCIETY MEETING
Open to Members, Docents,
Volunteers and anyone interested
in joining the Society
Sunday February 15, 3-5 pm,
Bluffton Community Center
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