Major African regions contributing to the transatlantic slave trade in the 17th & 18th centuries
About this map
Developed by Audrey L. Brown, Ph.D., National Park Service. Based on data in David Eltis, “The Volume and Structure of the Transatlantic Slave Trade: A Reassessment,” The William and Mary Quarterly, January 2001. Drawing by Everett Lindsay, National Park Service.
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- National Park Service
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- Africa
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- Colonial North Carolina: Colonial North Carolina from the establishment of the Carolina in 1663 to the eve of the American Revolution in 1763. Compares the original vision for the colony with the way it actually developed. Covers the people who settled North Carolina; the growth of institutions, trade, and slavery; the impact of colonization on American Indians; and significant events such as Culpeper's Rebellion, the Tuscarora War, and the French and Indian Wars. (Page 4.1)
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