"The essays in this book provide statistical analysis of the transatlantic slave trade, focusing especially on Brazil and Portugal, from the 17th through the 19th century. It contains the most ...

Now in its seventh year, the website “Voyages: Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database” is one of the most sought-after resources among humanities scholars and researchers, registering at least 1,000 ...

Some six million slaves were transported from Africa during the slave trade. Over time, the identity of many of the Africans has been lost. But now, Emory University has put together a database called ...

The recent opening of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture is part of a long and slow national reckoning on race, but some chapters on race are still missing from ...

ATLANTA — Historians hope a new Web database will help bring millions of blacks closer to their African ancestors who were forced onto slave ships, connecting them to their heritage in a way that has ...

The Trans-Atlanta Slave Trade Database, maintained by Emory University, is expanding through additional funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities. The database, known as slavevoyages.org, ...

At least 12.5 million African people were trafficked to America during the Transatlantic Slave Trade, wreaking a profound economic impact on a number of states, including Connecticut, according to a ...

And finally today, a key chapter in the origin story of Africans in America took place over water. Historians estimate that some 36,000 ships brought nearly 12.5 million Africans across the Atlantic ...

ATLANTA — Historians hope a new Web database will help bring millions of blacks closer to their African ancestors who were forced onto slave ships, connecting them to their heritage in a way that has ...

London is planning to unveil the U.K.’s first memorial commemorating the victims of transatlantic slave trade. The city is aiming to have it ready for the public it in the summer of 2026, according to ...