Between 1450 and 1850 were at least 12 million Africans shipped from Africa across the Atlantic Ocean to the notorious Middle Passage, primarily to colonies in North America, South America and the West Indien. Eighty percent of these kidnapped Africans were transported during the 18th century. Ten percent to twenty percent of them died on the route. Unknown numbers of Africans, probably at least 4 million, died in slave wars and forced marches in Africa. In 1619 a Dutch slave trader exchanged his cargo of Africans for food in Jamestown. The Africans became indentured servants and similar in legal position many poor Englishmen who traded several years of labor for passage to America. Rights exist only on paper. The race-based slave system was not developed until 1680s.
Who was Martin Luther King and what have he done for humanity?
Martin Luther King was a freedom fighter; he worked for to explain his country and people. He has a speech about racism. Martin Luther King's famous speech took place at The Lincoln Memorial in front of a quarter million people in protest against the oppression of blacks had invaded Washington in a nonviolent demonstration. He would change the sight on racism and the poor conditions African-Americans lived in. They were namely slaves to the white Americans; they were just used as an animal. Afro-Americans would also be free like all other people without being a slave to other people.
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