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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)

submitted 3 days ago by SnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/wikipedia@lemmy.world

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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.

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[–] Eyekaytee@aussie.zone 7 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (5 children)

I mean it's 2025, slaves are transported from Africa to the middle east every day, any wikipedia articles on them ?

Hell there's still slavery in Africa by Muslims

Maliki Islam in precolonial West Africa campaigned assiduously against the transatlantic slave trade, but in the 19th and 20th centuries many Malikis justified continued slavery inside Mauritania in some or all of its forms

Belief in an interpretation of Islam in which slaves are "told that their paradise is bound to their master and that if they do what the master tells them, they will go to heaven".[34]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_in_Mauritania

Wow

[–] Crackhappy@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago (3 children)

There are more slaves in the United States (estimated) than there were at the beginning of its Civil War.

[–] nightofmichelinstars@sopuli.xyz 6 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

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.

In 1790, the first census of the United States counted 697,624 slaves. In 1860, the eighth census counted 3,953,760.

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7716878/

Modern slavery in United States Estimated number living in modern slavery: 1,091,000 (3.3 per thousand)

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?

[–] prettybunnys@piefed.social 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I’d wager they’re lumping in the 1.25 Million incarcerated folks who aren’t protected from slavery by the constitution.

[–] nightofmichelinstars@sopuli.xyz 1 points 3 days ago

That makes sense.

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