Slave Movement During the 18th and 19th Centuries This site
offers downloadable raw data and documentation on 11 topics
related to the 18th- and 19th-century slave trade, including
records of slave ship movement between Africa and the Americas
1817-1843, the 18th-century Virginia slave trade, and slave
trade to Jamaica 1782-1788 and 1805-1808. Data sets contain
information such as port of departure, vessel and owner
information, number of slaves carried, origins of slaves, and
ports of arrival. Each data set includes a 250-word description
explaining bibliographic information, file inventory, and
methodology, as well as a codebook that guides users in reading
the data. The data is provided without analysis, and the site
carries a warning that data analysis is tedious, time-consuming
work that requires specialized data sorting software. The site
would be particularly useful in controlled assignments for
college-level survey or advanced high school students' research
into slavery and the slave trade.