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The United States received a very small percentage of the total slaves transported in the transatlantic trade and provided better conditions for slaves than other global regions.
“The grand total of slaves brought to the future United States was about half the number brought only to Cuba. 472,372 or 3% of the total. The ones who came to the 13 colonies were the lucky ones. In the context of global slavery, getting put on a ship to New Orleans was really a best case scenario.”
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