Atlas of the Transatlantic Slave Trade

In response to last week's Black Atlantic post, a reader directed me to the Atlas of the Transatlantic Slave Trade. The Atlas has a companion site,  Echoes: the SlaveVoyages Blog where you can browse through an impressive array of maps produced for the Atlas. Here are the major regions where captives were taken from.

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This overview of the slave trade shows how captives were taken not just to the Americas but also to the Middle East, India and even parts of North Africa

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By far though, the Americas (especially South) had the largest volume of the slave trade. Here is the volume and direction of the routes to American regions.

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There are many more interesting maps to discover at the Echoes site or you can buy the book here.