Thanks, Paul.  I have always thought the figure too high, I mean the general
population figures for that period would not seem to support such a number,
but I was given that by a fairly prominent African-American scholar who
shall remain nameless in this instance.  Until now I have just deferred to
what I saw as his superior knowledge on the subject.

-- Stephan

on 2/18/02 12:43 PM, Paul Finkelman at [log in to unmask] wrote:

> 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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