Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade

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- Voyages and vessels
  
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  Voyages and vessels
  
  Voyage ID number and information about the vessel
  
  Voyage ID
  
  This is the unique ID number assigned to a voyage
  
  Vessel name
  
  Vessel owner
- Construction and registration
  
  Construction and registration
  
  The year and location of slave ship construction and registration
  
  Year constructed
  
  Place constructed
  
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  Year registered
  
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- Flag of vessel
  
  Flag of vessel
  
  The flag (nationality) of the slave ship
  
  Flag of vessel
  
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  Flag of vessel IMPUTED
  
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- Rig, tonnage, and guns mounted
  
  Rig, tonnage, and guns mounted
  
  Additional variables about slave ships
  
  Rig or type of vessel
  
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  Tonnage
  
  Standardized tonnage IMPUTED
  
  Guns mounted
- Cargo
  
  Cargo
  
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Itinerary
- Place of vessel's departure
  
  Place of vessel's departure
  
  Locations where the voyage began
  
  Place where vessel's voyage began IMPUTED
  
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- Place where captives were purchased
  
  Place where captives were purchased
  
  Locations where captives embarked
  
  Principal place where captives were purchased IMPUTED
  
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  First place where captives were purchased
  
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  Second place where captives were purchased
  
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  Third place where captives were purchased
  
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- Places of call before Atlantic crossing
  
  Places of call before Atlantic crossing
  
  Places of call before Atlantic crossing
  
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- Place where captives were landed
  
  Place where captives were landed
  
  Locations where captives disembarked
  
  Principal place where captives were landed IMPUTED
  
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  First place where captives were landed
  
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  Second place where captives were landed
  
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  Third place where captives were landed
  
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- Place where vessel's voyage ended
  
  Place where vessel's voyage ended
  
  Place where vessel's voyage ended
  
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- Linked Voyages
  
  Linked Voyages
  
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Enslaved people
- Overall numbers
  
  Overall numbers
  
  Embarkations and disembarkations
  
  Total embarked IMPUTED
  
  Total embarked
  
  Total disembarked IMPUTED
- Purchase numbers
  
  Purchase numbers
  
  Number of slaves purchased
  
  Captives intended to be purchased at 1st place
  
  Captives carried from 1st port
  
  Captives carried from 2nd port
  
  Captives carried from 3rd port
- Landing numbers
  
  Landing numbers
  
  Number of slaves landed
  
  Captives arrived at 1st port
  
  Captives on board at 1st port of arrival before landing
  
  Captives landed at 1st port
  
  Captives landed at 2nd port
  
  Captives landed at 3rd port
- Percentage by sex and age
  
  Percentage by sex and age
  
  Please enter as an integer. e.g. 75
  
  Percent men
  
  Percent women
  
  Percent boys
  
  Percent girls
  
  Percent males
  
  Percent children
- Other characteristics
  
  Other characteristics
  
  Additional characteristics about slaves
  
  Sterling cash price in Jamaica
  
  Average price paid for men in the Americas as they were sold from the vessel
  
  Captive deaths during crossing
  
  Percentage of captives who died during crossing
  
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- Captive Background
  
  Captive Background
  
  Captive Background
  
  The list of search terms below contains language many consider offensive. These terms derive from historical sources produced by slave traders and are reproduced here to allow users to interpret those sources for information on enslaved people’s backgrounds.
  
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Dates (1)
- Voyage duration
  
  Voyage duration
  
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  Duration of captives' crossing (in days)
  
  Middle Passage
  
  Voyage duration, homeport to disembarkation (in days)
- Dates during voyage
  
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  Dates during voyage
  
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  Year captives were landed IMP IMPUTED
  
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  Date vessel's voyage began
  
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  Date captive embarkation began
  
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  Date vessel departed with captives
  
  < Jan 1514 >
  
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  Date vessel arrived with captives
  
  < Jan 1514 >
  
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  < 1514 >
  JanuaryFebruaryMarchAprilMayJuneJulyAugustSeptemberOctoberNovemberDecember
  
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  Date vessel departed for homeport
  
  < Jan 1514 >
  
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  < 1514 >
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  Date vessel arrived at homeport
  
  < Jan 1514 >
  
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  < 1514 >
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Captain and crew
Captain and crew

Captain's name

Crew at voyage outset

Crew at first landing of captives

Crew deaths during voyage
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Year captives were landed IMP is between 1790 and 1808.Vessel name contains Amazon.

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