dj B Milk wrote:
Originally Posted by sbsallday12
interesting thread. not sure about the validity of statements though lol
+1. Was a history major in college. 95% of the stuff in this thread is false. Washington was the 16th president? Lincoln was half black? Lincoln owned slaves? 200 million slaves overboard?
come on guys. Stop repeating stuff that your drunk uncle said at a cookout.
Interesting...This thread popped back up...Hasn't been active for quite some time. Feel like someone was stalking - not directed to you dj B Milk. If you were a history major, would you share what items are false?
With regards to the shark migration altered by slave trade, I've found it's mostly inaccurate, sort of. From what I was told, shark migratory patterns already mirrored portions of the middle passage shipping routes. Sharks did indeed follow ships, but they don't have the type of memory that would allow for them to "remember" these routes thus permanently altering their migratory patterns.
Anyone is free to correct me if I'm wrong, but what I've read is that from the 1400's through the mid 1600s, South American (Portuguese?) slave traders exported 6-7 millions Africans. The British exported about 2-3 million. All together, I've read various accounts stating about 10-20 million African slaves were transported across the Atlantic...It's estimated that approx 15-20% of those Africans died at sea.
Again, anyone is free to correct me...