Project adds 11,400 intra-American journeys to Slave Voyages database
(PHYSorg.com Archaeology & Fossils)

Blending the power of big data and history, an expanded and redesigned version of Slave Voyages - one of the most utilized resources in the digital humanities - is now available. Housing both trans-Atlantic and intra-American slave trade databases, the Slave Voyages website illuminates the ubiquity of the slave trade from the 16th century to the 19th century. A research team co-led by the University of California, Irvine focused on the intra-American database, adding 11,400 records on slave voyages within the Americas - stretching from Boston to Buenos Aires, Argentina, and involving both the Atlantic and Pacific coasts.