Prisons were emptied, trade unionists who rebelled and other debtors were shipped and auctioned off. Then it got ugly as many poor children were kidnapped, particularly in Great Britian and sold into slavery. Far more whites were shipped to South America as slaves than were shipped to N. America.
At the same time during the Trans-Atlantic slave wars in Africa over 12 million people died and another 12 million were captured and shipped by African slave trading chiefs. 24 million people were killed and shipped off into slavery. The whole African continent was aflame with the slave trade wars.
The nasty truth about how many people came to be Americans is ugly, ugly, ugly.
At the same time during the Trans-Atlantic slave wars in Africa over 12 million people died and another 12 million were captured and shipped by African slave trading chiefs. 24 million people were killed and shipped off into slavery. The whole African continent was aflame with the slave trade wars.
The nasty truth about how many people came to be Americans is ugly, ugly, ugly.