Blanche Kelso Bruce
Slave Trade In The
Caribbean
1666-1776:
Slaves imported only by the English for
the English, French and Spanish colonies: 3
million (250,000 died on the voyage).
1680-1786:
Slaves imported for the English colonies in
America: 2,130,000 (Jamaica alone absorbed
610,000).
1716-1756:
Average annual number of slaves imported for the
American colonies:70,000, with a total of3.5
million.
1752-1762:
Jamaica alone imported 71,115 slaves.
1759-1762:
Guadeloupe alone imported 40,000 slaves.
1776-1800:
A yearly average of 74,000 slaves were imported
for the American colonies, or a total of
1,850,000; this yearly average was divided up as
follows: by the English, 38,000; French, 20,000;
Portuguese, 10,000; Dutch, 4,000; Danes, 2,000.
*Figures
are taken from Morel's calculations as reproduced
by Professor Melville J. Herskovits
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