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Table 1 Embarked slaves during the trans-Atlantic slave trade

From: The legacies of slavery in and out of Africa

 

Senegambia

Sierra Leone

Windward Coast

Gold Coast

Bight of Benin

Bight of Biafra

West-Central Africa

South-East Africa

Totals

1501–1600

147,281

1405

2482

0

0

8459

117,878

0

277,505

1601–1700

136,104

6843

1350

108,679

269,812

186,322

1,134,807

31,715

1,875,632

1701–1800

363,187

201,985

289,583

1,014,529

1,284,585

904,616

2,365,204

70,930

6,494,619

1801–1900

108,941

178,537

43,454

86,114

444,662

495,164

2,076,685

440,022

3,873,579

Totals

755,513

388,770

336,869

1,209,322

1,999,059

1,594,561

5,694,574

542,667

12,521,335

  1. TAST Database—Voyages: http://www.slavevoyages.org/