Atlas of the Transatlantic Slave Trade

By David Eltis, David Richardson,

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A extraordinary work, decades in the making: the first atlas to illustrate the entire scope of the transatlantic slave trade

Winner of the Association of American Publishers' 2010 R.R. Hawkins Award and PROSE Award

"A monumental chronicle of this historical tragedy."-Dwight Garner, New York Times

Between 1501 and 1867, the…

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This is best viewed as a template for the vast historiography of the slave trade that includes studies of the slave ship, the crews, the horrors of the “middle passage” and the organized acquisition in Africa and disposal in the Americas of African bodies. The Atlas is a graphic summary of the comprehensive base compiled by Eltis and his colleagues.

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