Estimated Slave Imports by Region and Century
(crude estimates in thousands)
|
Period: |
1451- |
1601- |
1701- |
1811- |
Total |
|
Region |
1600 |
1700 |
1810 |
1870 |
|
|
Continental Americas |
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British North America ("USA") |
- |
- |
350 |
50 |
400 |
|
Spanish America (mainly Cuba after 1701) |
75 |
300 |
580 |
610 |
1550 |
|
Portuguese America (i.e., Brazil) |
50 |
550 |
1900 |
1150 |
3650 |
|
Caribbean |
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British |
- |
250 |
1400 |
- |
1650 |
|
French |
- |
150 |
1350 |
100 |
1600 |
|
Dutch |
- |
50 |
450 |
- |
500 |
|
Danish |
- |
5 |
25 |
- |
30 |
|
Europe/African islands |
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Iberian Penin. |
150 |
25 |
- |
- |
175 |
|
Total |
275 |
1330 |
6055 |
1910 |
10000 |
Source: Phillip Curtin,
The Atlantic Slave Trade: A Census, p. 268 (adapted).