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The last known survivor of the Transatlantic slave trade could have made it back to Africa in an airplane.
(lemmy.dbzer0.com)
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/58385047
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matilda_McCrear
Although the United States banned the importation of slaves in 1808, the practice was still carried out illegally. The last known slave ship was the Clotilda, which smuggled roughly 110 Yoruba captives from Dahomey to Alabama in 1860.
The first commercial flight from the US to Britain took place in 1939. By that point, there were already regular flights from Britain to various parts of Africa, including Lagos (which is predominantly Yoruba). The last Yoruba survivor of the Clotilda, Matilda McCrear, passed away in 1940.
There are more slaves in the United States (estimated) than there were at the beginning of its Civil War.
This doesn't check out from what I found.
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7716878/
https://www.walkfree.org/global-slavery-index/country-studies/united-states/
Seems like today's count is a little more than 1/4 of the count from right before the Civil War. It's still a huge number. They're both devastating stats. What source do you have that puts today's number bigger?
After some investigation, including my own biases and assumptions, your facts hold up. I must apologize for spreading misinformation and ignorance. Thank you for correcting me!
I’d wager they’re lumping in the 1.25 Million incarcerated folks who aren’t protected from slavery by the constitution.
That makes sense.