Statistics about Atlantic Slave Trade

• Number of Slaves Transported by Each European Country (12)

	Country		Voyages		Slaves Transported
	Portugal (including Brazil)		30,000		4,650,000
	Spain (including Cuba)		4,000		1,600,000
	France (including West Indies)		4,200		1,250,000
	Holland		2,000		500,000
	Britain		12,000		2,600,000
	British North America, U.S.		1,500		300,000
	Denmark		250		50,000
	Other		250		50,000
	Total		54,200		11,000,000

• Number of Slaves Delivered to Each Country / Destination  (12)

	Country / Destination		Slaves Delivered			%
	Brazil		4,000,000			35.3
	Spanish Empire (including Cuba)		2,500,000			22.1
	British West Indies		2,000,000			17.7
	French West Indies (including Cayenne)		1,600,000			14.1
	British North America & U.S.		500,000			4.4
	Dutch West Indies (including Surinam)		500,000			4.4
	Danish West Indies		28,000			0.2
	Europe (including Portugal, Canary Islands, Madeira, Azores, etc.		200,000			1.8
	Total		11,328,000			100.0

• Number of Slaves Leaving African Ports (12)

	African Port		Number of Slaves Departing			%
	Senegambia (including Arguin), Sierra Leone		2,000,000			15.4
	Windward Coast		250,000			1.9
	Ivory Coast		250,000			1.9
	Gold Coast (Ashanti)		1,500,000			11.5
	Slave Coast (Dahomey, Adra, Oyo)		2,000,000			15.4
	Benin to Calabar		2,000,000			15.4
	Cameroons / Gabon		250,000			1.9
	Loango		750,000			5.8
	Congo / Angola		3,000,000			23.1
	Mozambique / Madagascar		1,000,000			7.7
	Total Leaving African Ports		13,000,000			100.0

• First Employment of Slaves in the Americas (12)

	First Employment		Number of Slaves			%
	Sugar Plantations		6,000,000			54.5
	Coffee Plantations		2,000,000			18.2
	Mines		1,000,000			9.1
	Domestic Labor		1,000,000			9.1
	Cotton Fields		500,000			4.5
	Cocoa Fields		250,000			2.3
	Building		250,000			2.3
	Total		11,000,000			100.0

• Slave Exports From Africa Over Time: The Atlantic Trade (20, Table 1.1)

       These data were derived from the W.E.B. Du Bois database of slaving voyages, which was later combined with other databases to form the comprehensive Voyages database of nearly 35,000 slaving expeditions, estimated to represent 80% of the total  (32).

	Period		Number of Slaves Accounted For			%
	1450-1600		409,000			3.6
	1601-1700		1,348,000			11.9
	1701-1800		6,090,000			53.8
	1801-1900		3,466,000			30.6
	Total Slave Exports		11,313,000			100.0

• Abolition Dates in the New World

Country		Date of Abolition		Comments
Upper Canada		1793		Ontario between 1791 and 1840
Haiti		1794		Revolution of slaves began in 1791
Lower Canada		1803		Quebec between 1791 and 1840
Argentina		1813
Chile		1823
Federal Republic of Central America		1824		Included Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica
Mexico		1829
Jamaica (British Empire)		1834
Guadeloupe (French Empire)		1848
Peru		1851
Surinam (Dutch Empire)		1863
United States		1865		Following the Civil War
Puerto Rico		1873
Cuba		1880
Brazil		1888

• U.S. Census Data by Race - 1800 to 1860 (84)

Census Year	Total Population	Breakdown By Race				Total,  %  Black
		White	Total Black	Free Black	Slave
1860	31,443,321	26,922,537	4,441,830	488,070	3,953,760	14.1
1850	23,191,876	19,553,068	3,638,808	434,495	3,204,313	15.7
1840	17,063,353	14,189,705	2,873,648	386,293	2,487,355	16.8
1830	12,860,702	10,532,060	2,328,642	319,599	2,009,043	18.1
1820	9,638,453	7,866,797	1,771,656	233,634	1,538,022	18.4
1810	7,239,881	5,862,073	1,377,808	186,446	1,191,362	19.0
1800	5,308,483	4,306,446	1,002,037	108,435	893,602	18.9

source: http://www.slaverysite.com/Body/facts%20and%20figures.htm