way too high; probably no more than 500,000 before 1776 and no more than 100,000
afterwards; but I will defer to the demographers out there.  I know this
material is in the Macmillan Encyclopedia of World Slavery and the Joe Miller
(at UVA) and I edited, but I don't have it handy

Paul Finkelman

"Stephan A. Schwartz" wrote:

> Can anyone give me a reliable estimate on how many Africans were brought
> into what became the U.S., as well as a citation.  Or refer me to a
> authoritative source?  Ditto with Virginia alone? I thought I had a handle
> on this at 2.3 million for all the colonies and first few years of the U.S.,
> but have recently been told this is not correct.  Many thanks.
>
> -- Stephan
>
>  on 2/18/02 9:55 AM, Diana Bennett at [log in to unmask] wrote:
>
> > Dear Listers:
> >
> > Recently I read on this list a mention of the difference between slavery
> > in Africa and slavery in America. Could someone refresh my memory.
> >
> > And a clarification on slaves that were taken by the conquering nearby
> > tribe and those slaves sold to People (? Arabs) who took them to the
> > coast (?by Portuguese) to ship them to other points.
> >
> > ??Also Liberia. When was the deportation of Blacks to Liberia first
> > addressed - and when was the first shipment?
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
> >
> > Diana Kercheval Bennett
> >
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