Number of slaves taken from Africa by region and century 1501-1866

Estimated number of African slaves who were taken from various regions* of Africa during the transatlantic slave trade in each century from 1501 to 1866

Characteristic1501-16001601-17001701-18001801-1866
West Central Africa and St. Helena 117,878 1,134,807 2,365,204 2,076,685
Bight of Benin 0 269,812 1,284,585 444,662
Bight of Biafra 8,459 186,322 904,616 495,164
Gold Coast 0 108,679 1,014,529 86,114
Senegambia and off-shore Atlantic 147,281 136,104 363,187 108,941
Southeast Africa and Indian Ocean islands 0 31,715 70,930 440,022
Sierra Leone 1,405 6,843 201,985 178,537
Windward Coast 2,482 1,350 289,583 43,454
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Release date

2020

Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

1501 to 1866

Supplementary notes

*Generally speaking, the regions used in the source appear to refer to ports that are or were located in the following modern countries in mainland Africa (although there is likely a lot of overlapping data between certain regions, as their borders and names became redefined throughout history);

West Central Africa: Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Republic of the Congo
Bight of Benin: Benin, Nigeria, Togo
Bight of Biafra: Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Nigeria
Gold Coast: Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana
Senegambia: The Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Senegal
Southeast Africa: Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania
Sierra Leone: Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia
Windward Coast: Liberia, Côte d'Ivoire

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