About two million enslaved African children disembarked in the Americas

Evidence

Of the 10.7 million who arrived, approximately one in five was a child — defined in the slaver’s-record conventions as anyone under fifteen. That is approximately 2 million enslaved African children disembarked in the Americas across the period. — , The Rod and the Child, 4384

Categorization

• XREF: Sets up the childhood focus that ties into Wilma King’s Stolen Childhood and the whole slavery-and-childhood literature this project tracks. — connects to: Black slaves entered the Americas as early as 1501.; Hundreds of thousands of Africans were enslaved in Egypt.; Sudanese enslaved in Egypt fared better than African slaves in the Americas. (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Black slaves entered the Americas as early as 1501. #expands (0.60)
• Hundreds of thousands of Africans were enslaved in Egypt. #complicates (0.50)
• Sudanese enslaved in Egypt fared better than African slaves in the Americas. #qualifies (0.50)