>Total Slave Imports Into the Americas, 1451-1870. >In thousands (add 000) >British and country Totals >British North America 399.0 >Spanish America 1552.1 >British Caribbean 1665.0 > Jamica 747.5 > Barbados 387.0 > Leeward Islands 346.0 >St. Vincent, St. Lucia, Tobago, and Dominica 70.1 > Trinidad 22.4 > Grenada 67.0 > Other BWI 25.0 >French Caribbean 1,600.2 > Saint Dominique 864.3 > Martinique 365.8 > Guadeloupe 290.8 > Louisiana 28.3 > French Guiana 51.0 >Dutch Caribbean 500.0 >Danish Caribbean 28.0 >Brazil 3,646.8 >Old World 175.0 > Europe 50.0 > Sao Thome 100.0 > Atlantic Island 25.0 >Total 9,566.1 >Annual Average 22.8 >Source: Phillip D. Curtin. The Atlantic Slave Trade: A Census, University of >Wisconsin Press. Madison, 1969. > > >Throughout the period of the Atlantic slave trade. Virginia and South >Carolina were the largest importers on the North American mainland, >receiving their human cargoes mainly from British owned ships, captained and >manned by British crews. > >British Port of Origin > >Port Ships >Negroes >Liverpool 107 >29,250 >Bristol 23 >8,810 >London 58 >8,136 >Lancaster 4 >950 >------------------------------------------------------------- >Total 192 47,146 >---------------------------------------------------------------- >African Source of Slaves >Area Ships Negores >Bight of Benin 63 23,301 >Windward Coast 56 11,960 >Gold Coast 29 7,525 >Senegambia 40 3,310 >Angola 4 1,050 >----------------------------------------------------------------- >Total 192 47,146 >Source Bryan Edwards, The History, Civil and Commercial of the British >Colonies in the West Indies, Dublin 1793. vol. II, p. 53 reprinted by Arno >press, 1972. For >research Library of Colonial America. > > >Lafleur Genealogical Archives Specializes in the Internet Archival of Family >Bible >Records. http://www.lafleur.org >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >- African Ancestored Genealogy Discussion >- To unsubscribe, email: Majordomo@MsState.Edu >- In body of message: unsubscribe afrigeneas >- >- Afrigeneas archives: http://www.msstate.edu/listarchives/afrigeneas/ >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >