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12.5 million Africans were shipped to the New World during the Atlantic Slave Trade, only 10.7 million of whom survived the Middle Passage. Fewer than 388,000 of them arrived in the United States. The majority of those who survived the harrowing Atlantic crossing ended up in Brazil (4.9 million). The story of slavery in Brazil is worth studying to understand the brutality of the practice. Slaves in Brazil suffered a terrifyingly high mortality rate due to conditions and treatment. Brazil did not abolish slavery until 1888.