what percentage of slaves were black?

by rakorako404

i am in an argument with some white supremacist and that guy is trying to hold the point that theree were more white then black slaves, that wouldn't make sense right? the european slave ships went to pick up slaves in africa to ship them to the americas or am i wrong here?

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You may be interested in the conversation from a past post: How true is this statement: "the Islamic conquest of Africa produced more slaves than the Trans-Atlantic slave trade. Muslim slavery of Africans "officially" ended in about 1969," featuring comments from /u/commustar, /u/swarthmoreburke, and /u/tropical_chancer.