The history of Black slavery is extensive and varies by region and context. In the Americas, the transatlantic slave trade, which forcibly brought millions of Africans to the New World, began in the early 16th century and continued into the 19th century. In the United States, chattel slavery was formally established in the early 1600s and continued until the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863 and the subsequent ratification of the 13th Amendment


