Public radio host of the Roots Musik Karamu show, Osei Chandler drops flower offerings in the water during a remembrance ceremony for enslaved Africans that died in the Middle Passage June 10, 2017 in Sullivan's Island, South Carolina. The Middle Passage refers to the triangular trade in which millions of Africans were shipped to the New World as part of the Atlantic slave trade. An estimated 15% of the Africans died at sea and considerably more in the process of capturing and transporting. The total number of African deaths attributable to the Middle Passage voyage is estimated at 2 million.

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Public radio host of the Roots Musik Karamu show, Osei Chandler drops flower offerings in the water during a remembrance ceremony for enslaved Africans that died in the Middle Passage June 10, 2017 in Sullivan's Island, South Carolina. The Middle Passage refers to the triangular trade in which millions of Africans were shipped to the New World as part of the Atlantic slave trade. An estimated 15% of the Africans died at sea and considerably more in the process of capturing and transporting. The total number of African deaths directly attributable to the Middle Passage voyage is estimated at up to two million African deaths.

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Location: Sullivan's Island, SC, United States
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