Friday, March 22, 2019

Slave voyages website

In addition to the online resources mentioned in our February posts, there is the Slave Voyages website, from Emory University. Especially noteworthy is the "African Names" database- make sure you read the "Understanding the database" page first.  source: ResearchBuzz

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