Estimates vary, but it is probable that more than six million Africans from Yoruba, Bantu, and other tribal backgrounds were transported to Brazil as slaves between the mid - 16th century and 1888, when slavery was finally abolished.
Kaut gan aprēķini svārstās, iespējams, laikā no 1540. līdz 1888. gadam, kurā verdzība galu galā tika atcelta, uz Brazīliju tika atvesti vairāk nekā seši miljoni afrikāņu vergu no jorubu, bantu un citām tautām.