Millions of people from Africa were forcibly brought to the Americas

The forced transportation of Africans across the Atlantic began in the early 1600s and continued for centuries, reaching the Americas in large numbers. It did not occur only in the 1800s or only in the 1600s; the period stretched into the 1800s, making “in the early 1600s through the late 1800s” the best choice.

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