Europe forced 12.5 million Africans onto slave ships 1500 - 1866 💔Approximately 2 million died during the Middle Passage. Their bodies rest in the Atlantic. The routes are documented. The ships are named. The captains are recorded. This happened." Trade Database documents 36,000 slave voyages. Names of 91,491 enslaved Africans have been recovered. 12 million more remain unnamed." #facts