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Graph depicting the number of slaves imported from Africa from 1501 to 1866

Voyages: The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database is a database run by researchers at Emory University which aims to present all documentary material pertaining to the transatlantic slave trade. It is a sister project to African Origins.[1]

The database breaks down the kingdoms or countries who engaged in the Atlantic trade, summarized in the following table:[2]

Participation in the trans-Atlantic slave trade
Spain Portugal Great Britain Netherlands U.S.A. France Denmark
1,061,524 5,848,266 3,259,441 554,336 305,326 1,381,404 111,040

See also

References

  1. ^ "New Website to Trace Origins of Enslaved Africans". Emory University. April 25, 2011. Retrieved April 12, 2019.
  2. ^ Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade - Estimates