Voyages: The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database

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]

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

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
1,061,5245,848,2663,259,441554,336305,3261,381,404111,040

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