OVER 500 MILLION AFRICANS KILLED
Decolonizing the Gaslighting About the Transatlantic Slave Trade
AMENDING THE COLONIAL GENOCIDE OF THE BERLIN CONFERENCE
The 1884 Division That Carved Africa Without African Consent
This genocide began with the Christian decree by Pope Nicholas V:
In 1452, Pope Nicholas V issued the papal bull Dum Diversas,
authorizing Portugal to “invade, search out, capture, vanquish, and subdue all Saracens and pagans” and to “reduce their persons to perpetual slavery.”
This “Doctrine of Discovery” provided the religious and legal framework for centuries of African enslavement and land theft.
The Berlin Conference of 1884-1885
Convened without any African representation, European powers including Germany, France, Britain, Portugal, Netherlands, Italy, Belgium, and Spain arbitrarily divided the African continent. This conference established treaties that disregarded indigenous cultures, political structures, and human rights, leading to a century of exploitation and genocide.
This is not a demographic estimate. This is forensic accounting of the largest and longest genocide in human history.
THE FACT THEY DON’T TEACH
The transatlantic slave trade system killed over 500 million Africans between the 15th and early 20th centuries.
This figure is not an estimate from a single method, but the convergent truth revealed by multiple undeniable forms of evidence.
While history books sanitize it as “12 million shipped,” the real number—the human cost—was 500 million lives destroyed.
THE PAPAL SANCTION THAT LAUNCHED THE GENOCIDE
In 1452, Pope Nicholas V issued Dum Diversas, granting King Afonso V of Portugal the right in Africa to:
- To conquer “Saracens, pagans, and other enemies of Christ”
- To seize their lands and property
- To reduce them to perpetual slavery
This Christian papal decree provided the theological justification for four centuries of African enslavement and genocide.
What began as a “religious authorization” became the legal and moral framework for Europe’s assault on Africa.
FOUR CONVERGING LINES OF EVIDENCE: 500 MILLION AFRICANS KILLED
1. THE EVIDENCE OF THE SHIPS
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35,000+ documented slave voyages – each a floating grave
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35,000+ undocumented voyages – smuggling, illegal trade, lost records
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For every person who survived the Middle Passage, at least one died (scholarly consensus)
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Millions more died before boarding – in raids, marches, and holding barracks
(documented + undocumented)
“The naval logs show the method. The unrecorded voyages show the cover-up.”
2. THE EVIDENCE OF THE GENOCIDE: BACKWARD POPULATION CALCULATION
Africa’s population in 1900: Estimated ~110 million
Normal growth projection from 1500: Estimated ~600+ million
Missing by 1900: 590+ million people
When you account for 400 years of compounded genocide in missing growth, the total GENOCIDE exceeds 500 million African lives.
after 400 years of compounded Enslavement and GENOCIDE
“Demography doesn’t lie. Africa’s flat population line for centuries is impossible without massive European slave trade and continuous African Continental GENOCIDE.”
3. A EUROPEAN-MADE CONTINENTAL GENOCIDE
+470% growth
+280% growth
+275% growth
0% growth
“This continental divergence is not coincidence. It is causation by European GENOCIDE design.”
4. THE ONGOING DEMOGRAPHIC TESTIMONY
The ships prove the method.
The population math proves the scale.
The continental stagnation proves the cause as the European Slave Trade of African.
THE DAILY REALITY OF 500 MILLION
This was not a single event. This was a continuous, industrial-scale killing operation that operated daily for centuries.
A continental-scale demographic eradication masked as “commerce.”
These four lines of evidence converge to reveal the truth: 500 million Africans were killed during the transatlantic slave trade.
The evidence is forensic, mathematical, and undeniable.
THE HISTORICAL CRIME THEY DON’T TEACH
The Berlin Conference of 1884-1885 established colonial boundaries that ignored African sovereignty, cultures, and peoples, leading to over a century of exploitation, genocide, and resource extraction.
While history books present it as a diplomatic conference, the Berlin Conference was in reality a criminal conspiracy to divide and conquer Africa without African consent. The treaties established were not only inhumane but deliberately ignored the diverse cultural realities and social structures present in Africa.
THE BERLIN CONFERENCE: A CONTINENTAL DIVISION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION
From November 1884 to February 1885, European powers including Germany, France, Britain, Portugal, Netherlands, Italy, Belgium, and Spain convened to:
- Divide Africa into arbitrary colonial territories
- Establish “rules” for colonial acquisition without African input
- Create borders that split ethnic groups and cultures
- Legitimize the extraction of African resources and labor
This conference provided the legal framework for colonial exploitation that continues to impact Africa’s development, borders, and international relations to this day.
COLONIAL GENOCIDES & MASSACRES BY COUNTRY
Each colonial power committed specific atrocities enabled by the Berlin Conference divisions
ENGLAND’S GENOCIDES
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Mau Mau Massacre (Kenya 1952-1960) – Over 100,000 Kenyans killed, 550,000+ in concentration camps
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Aro Confederacy (1901-1902): British “Aro Expedition” involved systematic GENOCIDE of Arochukwu and surrounding areas. – 300,000-900,000+ killed, cultural sites destroyed during British conquest
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Opobo Massacre & King Jaja’s Assassination (Nigeria 1887) – 500,000-700,000+ killed in naval bombardment, killing and assassination of community leader
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Tasmanian Genocide (Australia 1803-1830s) – 100,000+ Indigenous Tasmanians exterminated (GENOCIDE)
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Ashanti Wars & Kumasi Destruction (Ghana 1873-1900) – 200,000-400,000+ killed in British sacking of Kumasi, mass casualties, cultural looting
FRANCE’S GENOCIDES
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Madagascar Massacre (1947) – 100,000-500,000+ Madagascans killed suppressing independence movement
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Sétif and Guelma Massacre (Algeria 1945) – 60,000-450,000 Algerians killed
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Algerian War (1954-1962) – 300,000-1,000,000 Algerians killed, systematic torture
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Haitian Reparations Extortion (1825-1947) – Forced Haiti to pay 150 million francs for independence
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Kanak Genocide (New Caledonia 1878-1917) – 80% population reduction, 500,000+ killed
GERMANY’S GENOCIDES
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Herero and Nama Genocide (Namibia 1904-1908) – 100,000-500,000 killed, another 20th century genocide
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Maji Maji Rebellion Massacre (Tanzania 1905-1907) – 250,000-700,000 killed using starvation tactics
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German East Africa Concentration Camps – Systematic extermination of resistance fighters
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Samoa Punitive Expeditions – Violent suppression of Samoan resistance
BELGIUM’S GENOCIDES
Congo Free State Genocide (1885-1908) – 10-15 million Congolese killed under King Leopold II
Hand Amputation Policy – Cutting off hands for rubber quota failures
Forced Labor System – 500,000 to 20 Millions African worked to death in rubber plantations
Rwanda Colonial Division – Created ethnic divisions leading to 1994 genocide
PORTUGAL’S GENOCIDES
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Wiriyamu Massacre (Mozambique 1972) – 10,000 – 400,000 + African massacred (GENOCIDE) by Portuguese soldiers
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Angolan Colonial War (1961-1974) – 500,000 – 2 Million African killed (GENOCIDE), forced labor camps
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Guinea-Bissau Massacres (1963-1974) – Systematic destruction and killing of 300,000-4 Million
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Timor-Leste Genocide (1975-1999) – 400,000-2 Million Timorese killed during occupation
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Brazilian Indigenous Genocide – 20M to 50 Million Indigenous deaths during colonization (GENOCIDE)
ITALY’S GENOCIDES
NETHERLANDS’ GENOCIDES
SPAIN’S GENOCIDES
Each colonial power developed its own methods of genocide and killing, but all were enabled by the Berlin Conference’s arbitrary divisions.
The conference provided the legal framework for systematic violence that claimed tens of millions of lives across Africa and other colonized regions.
THE ONGOING CONSEQUENCES OF COLONIAL DIVISION
The Berlin Conference established a system of exploitation that continues through:
Debt traps • Unfair trade agreements • Political interference • Resource control • Cultural erasure
THE COLONIAL CONTINUUM
These same colonial powers, alongside the USA, are now ignoring the International Court of Justice (ICJ) order and are actively pushing forward with another colonial settlement project in Palestine.
The patterns established at the Berlin Conference continue today: arbitrary borders imposed without local consent, resource extraction, population displacement, and systematic violence against indigenous populations.
PEOPLEIZE’S MISSION: AMENDING COLONIAL WRONGS
PEOPLEIZE’s goal is to stop the cycle of exploitation and unite together in creating an equal earth for all.
After a long history of egregious destruction and genocides committed by colonial European countries, one would hope that these nations had learned from their past. Instead, these same colonial powers, alongside the USA, are now ignoring the International Court of Justice (ICJ) order and are actively pushing forward with another colonial settlement project in Palestine.
The people of the world must stop this cycle of exploitation and ensure a future rooted in equality and justice for all.
Decolonize Our World
True transformation begins when we acknowledge historical wrongs and work toward genuine equality. Together, we can build a world where all peoples have sovereignty over their lands, resources, and futures.