Dr. NEIL A FRANKEL's
THE ATLANTIC SLAVE TRADE AND SLAVERY IN AMERICA
YOUR STARTING POINT FOR SLAVERY INFORMATION AND SOURCES
Dr. NEIL A FRANKEL's
THE ATLANTIC SLAVE TRADE AND SLAVERY IN AMERICA
YOUR STARTING POINT FOR SLAVERY INFORMATION AND SOURCES
Facts and Figures
Number of Slaves Transported by Each European Country (12)
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Country | Voyages |
Slaves Transported |
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| Portugal (including Brazil) | 30,000 | 4,650,000 | ||||
| Spain (including Cuba) | 4,000 | 1,600,000 | ||||
| France (including West Indies) | 4,200 | 1,250,000 | ||||
| Holland | 2,000 | 500,000 | ||||
| Britain | 12,000 | 2,600,000 | ||||
| British North America, U.S. | 1,500 | 300,000 | ||||
| Denmark | 250 | 50,000 | ||||
| Other | 250 | 50,000 | ||||
| Total | 54,200 | 11,000,000 |
Number of Slaves Delivered to Each Country / Destination (12)
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Country / Destination |
Slaves Delivered |
% | ||||
| Brazil | 4,000,000 | 35.3 | |||||
| Spanish Empire (including Cuba) | 2,500,000 | 22.1 | |||||
| British West Indies | 2,000,000 | 17.7 | |||||
| French West Indies (including Cayenne) | 1,600,000 | 14.1 | |||||
| British North America & U.S. | 500,000 | 4.4 | |||||
| Dutch West Indies (including Surinam) | 500,000 | 4.4 | |||||
| Danish West Indies | 28,000 | 0.2 | |||||
| Europe (including Portugal, Canary Islands, Madeira, Azores, etc. | 200,000 | 1.8 | |||||
| Total | 11,328,000 | 100.0 |
Number of Slaves Leaving African Ports (12)
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African Port |
Number of Slaves Departing |
% | ||||
| Senegambia (including Arguin), Sierra Leone | 2,000,000 | 15.4 | |||||
| Windward Coast | 250,000 | 1.9 | |||||
| Ivory Coast | 250,000 | 1.9 | |||||
| Gold Coast (Ashanti) | 1,500,000 | 11.5 | |||||
| Slave Coast (Dahomey, Adra, Oyo) | 2,000,000 | 15.4 | |||||
| Benin to Calabar | 2,000,000 | 15.4 | |||||
| Cameroons / Gabon | 250,000 | 1.9 | |||||
| Loango | 750,000 | 5.8 | |||||
| Congo / Angola | 3,000,000 | 23.1 | |||||
| Mozambique / Madagascar | 1,000,000 | 7.7 | |||||
| Total Leaving African Ports | 13,000,000 | 100.0 |
First Employment of Slaves in the Americas (12)
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First Employment |
Number of Slaves |
% | ||||
| Sugar Plantations | 6,000,000 | 54.5 | |||||
| Coffee Plantations | 2,000,000 | 18.2 | |||||
| Mines | 1,000,000 | 9.1 | |||||
| Domestic Labor | 1,000,000 | 9.1 | |||||
| Cotton Fields | 500,000 | 4.5 | |||||
| Cocoa Fields | 250,000 | 2.3 | |||||
| Building | 250,000 | 2.3 | |||||
| Total | 11,000,000 | 100.0 |
Slave Exports From Africa Over Time: The Atlantic Trade (20, Table 1.1)
These data are derived from the W.E.B. Du Bois database of slaving voyages (32).
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Period |
Number of Slaves Accounted For |
% | ||||
| 1450-1600 | 409,000 | 3.6 | |||||
| 1601-1700 | 1,348,000 | 11.9 | |||||
| 1701-1800 | 6,090,000 | 53.8 | |||||
| 1801-1900 | 3,466,000 | 30.6 | |||||
| Total Slave Exports | 11,313,000 | 100.0 |
Abolition Dates in the New World
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Country |
Date of Abolition |
Comments |
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Upper Canada |
1793 |
Ontario between 1791 and 1840 |
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Haiti |
1794 |
Revolution of slaves began in 1791 |
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Lower Canada |
1803 |
Quebec between 1791 and 1840 |
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Argentina |
1813 |
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Chile |
1823 |
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Federal Republic of Central America |
1824 |
Included Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica |
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Mexico |
1829 |
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Jamaica (British Empire) |
1834 |
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Guadeloupe (French Empire) |
1848 |
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Peru |
1851 |
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Surinam (Dutch Empire) |
1863 |
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United States |
1865 |
Following the Civil War |
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Puerto Rico |
1873 |
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Cuba |
1880 |
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Brazil |
1888 |
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U.S. Census Data by Race - 1800 to 1860 (84)
| Census Year | Total Population |
Breakdown By Race |
Total, % Black | |||
| White | Total Black | Free Black | Slave | |||
| 1860 | 31,443,321 | 26,922,537 | 4,441,830 | 488,070 | 3,953,760 |
14.1 |
| 1850 | 23,191,876 | 19,553,068 | 3,638,808 | 434,495 | 3,204,313 | 15.7 |
| 1840 | 17,063,353 | 14,189,705 | 2,873,648 | 386,293 | 2,487,355 | 16.8 |
| 1830 | 12,860,702 | 10,532,060 | 2,328,642 | 319,599 | 2,009,043 | 18.1 |
| 1820 | 9,638,453 | 7,866,797 | 1,771,656 | 233,634 | 1,538,022 | 18.4 |
| 1810 | 7,239,881 | 5,862,073 | 1,377,808 | 186,446 | 1,191,362 | 19.0 |
| 1800 | 5,308,483 | 4,306,446 | 1,002,037 | 108,435 | 893,602 | 18.9 |
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