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Map of Atlantic Slave Trade from Africa to the Americas
About This Resource
The map of the volume and direction of the transatlantic slave trade pinpoints the place in the Gulf of Mexico where Abdurrahman ibn Sori, the subject of Prince Among Slaves, disembarked as one individual in the flow of slaves from all regions of Africa to their destinations in North and South America. The map shows that a relatively small number of slaves (22,000) were sent directly into the Gulf of Mexico.
Source
David Eltis and David Richardson, Atlas of the Transatlantic Slave Trade (New Haven, 2010), reproduced with the permission of Yale University Press, by permission published in Voyages: Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database http://www.slavevoyages.org/tast/assessment/intro-maps.faces.
How to Cite This Page
"Muslim Journeys | Item #99: Map of Atlantic Slave Trade from Africa to the Americas", July 27, 2024 http://bridgingcultures-muslimjourneys.org/items/show/99.
Tags
Gulf of Mexico, map, migration, Muslim Americans, plantation slavery, slavery