Over 12.5 million Africans were transported as slaves between 1525 and 1866, according to the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade database. This led to the forced removal of skilled young Africans, resulting in the loss of talents such as artistic skills, agricultural knowledge, leadership, musical and perfo
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