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Wednesday, 3 September 2008
Resource for Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade
The Transatlantic Slave Trade Data base http://www.slavevoyages.org/tast/index.faces- thisfree website, created by Emory University, is an enlarged and revised edition of the Cambridge 1998 CD-ROM dataset. It is much easier to use, and consists of four main databases:
Voyages - search for particular voyages in this database of documented slaving expedictions. Lists, tables, charts, and maps can be created using information from the database.
Estimates - this database offers an interactive feature to help you to analyze the full volume and multiple routes of the slave trade.
Images - this database is a collection of digitised maps, manuscripts, paintings, sketches, and photographs of people, places, and vessels. Many of these also link to related voyage records.
African names - this database identifies over 67,000 Africans aboard slave ships, using name, age, gender, origin, and place of embarkation.
The Transatlantic Slave Trade Data base http://www.slavevoyages.org/tast/index.faces - this free website, created by Emory University, is an enlarged and revised edition of the Cambridge 1998 CD-ROM dataset. It is much easier to use, and consists of four main databases: 
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