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The African Slave Trade, 1440-1867

Summary

Main sources of African slaves
Main areas of slave importation in the New World
European slave trader routes
Muslim slave trader routes
Slave factories

This map also shows estimates of the number of African slaves that arrived in various locations:

Region Number
Brazil 3,600,000
North Africa 1,250,000
Mexico and Spanish Caribbean (approx) 1,000,000
Saint Domingue 860,000
Cuba and Jamaica 750,000
East African Slave Trade 700,000
Ottoman Empire and Middle East 550,000
Guinea and Surinam 500,000
North America 400,000
Martinique 360,000
Barbados 360,000
New Granada and Venezuela (approx) 320,000
Guadeloupe 290,000
Peru 95,000
Grenada 67,000
Europe 50,000


Inset map: The Gold Coast and Fernando Po.

Source

University of British Columbia

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