Title Atlas of the transatlantic slave trade / David Eltis and David Richardson ; foreword by David Brion Davis ; afterword by David W. Blight

MDA Scales differ Published New Haven : Yale University Press, [2010] ©2010

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Description 1 online resource (1 atlas (xxvi, 307 pages) : color illustrations, color maps Series The Lewis Walpole series in eighteenth-century culture and history Lewis Walpole series in eighteenth-century culture and history. 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 Summary 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 Notes Print version record Subject Slave trade -- Africa -- History -- Maps Slave trade -- History -- Maps Slave trade -- History Slave trade -- Africa -- History REFERENCE -- Atlases & Gazetteers. Slave trade Slave trade -- Africa -- History. Slave trade -- America -- History. Slave trade -- Great Britain -- History. Slave trade -- Brazil -- History. Slave trade -- West Indies -- History. Slavery -- United States. Slave coast -- History. Africa Africa -- Slavery and bondage -- History -- Maps. United States -- Slavery and bondage -- History -- Maps. Genre/Form atlases. Atlases History Maps Atlases. Maps. Atlas. Cartes géographiques. Form Electronic book Author Richardson, David, 1946- author. Davis, David Brion, writer of supplemental textual content. Blight, David W., writer of supplemental textual content. ISBN 9780300185294 0300185294

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