Records of slave ship movement between Africa and the Americas from 1817 to 1843. The data likely contains information on ports of arrival and departure, dates, vessel types, tonnage, master's names, armaments, crew size, national flags, number of slaves, voyage duration, and mortality. This dataset was compiled by Philip D. Curtin of the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
Use Cases
- Analyzing mortality rates and voyage conditions based on the number of slaves and days of voyage mentioned in the description.
- Mapping trade routes and port connections based on the port of arrival and port of departure data.
- Studying vessel characteristics and national involvement in the slave trade based on the type of vessel, tonnage, and national flag fields.
- Investigating crew-to-slave ratios and shipboard conditions based on the number of crew and number of slaves data.
Strengths
- Covers a specific 26-year period (1817-1843) of the transatlantic slave trade.
- Includes multiple specific data points per record, such as tonnage, number of guns, and number of slaves as described.
Limitations
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.
Provenance
- Source
- University of Wisconsin–Madison, Philip D. Curtin
- Time Range
- 1817-1843
- Geography
- Africa, the Americas, Atlantic Ocean