Herbert S. Klein of Columbia University compiled records of slave ship arrivals in Havana from 1790 to 1820. The data includes the ship's nationality, captain, sailing dates from Africa, and the number of slaves landed by sex. This dataset provides a detailed view of the transatlantic slave trade's final leg into a major Caribbean port.
Use Cases
- Analyze temporal patterns of the slave trade based on date of arrival.
- Study mortality rates and human cost based on slave mortality figures.
- Compare shipping practices and national involvement based on ship nationality and type.
- Examine demographic composition of enslaved people based on number of slaves by sex.
Strengths
- Data covers a specific 30-year period (1790-1820) for a key historical port.
- Description lists multiple specific data points per record, including ship name, captain, and demographic breakdowns.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.
Provenance
- Source
- Herbert S. Klein, Columbia University
- Time Range
- 1790-1820
- Geography
- Havana, Cuba; Transatlantic routes from Africa