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Research Resources Home > Voyages: The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database
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http://www.lib.jmu.edu/resources/connect.aspx?id=2814&s=134
Description:
Contains records of nearly 35,000 trans-Atlantic slaving voyages made between 1514 and 1866. Users may retrieve documentaion for a specific voyage, or data by time period and geographic region.  Includes interactive maps that allow viewers to chart the trans-Atlantic connections. Also included are interpretive essays, a database of African names, images and facsimiles of slave registers. 
Coverage:
1545 - 1866
Resource Type:
Database
Available To:
Open Access
No. of Simultaneous Users:
Unrestricted
Full Text?:
Yes
Linked Full Text?:
No
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