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Series |
Lewis Walpole series in eighteenth-century
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Contents |
Nations transporting slaves from Africa, 1501-1867 -- Ports outfitting voyages in the transatlantic slave trade -- The African coastal origins of slaves and the links between Africa and the Atlantic world -- The experience of the Middle Passage -- The destinations of slaves in the Americas and their links with the Atlantic world -- Abolition and suppression of the transatlantic slave trade. |
Abstract |
Between 1501 and 1867, the transatlantic slave trade claimed an estimated 12.5 million Africans and involved almost every country with an Atlantic coastline. This atlas deals with 350-year history of kidnapping and coercion. It features nearly 200 maps that explore details of the African slave traffic to the New World. |
Genre/form | Maps. |
ISBN | 9780300124606 (hbk.) |
ISBN | 0300124600 (hbk.) |