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Western and Eastern slave trades, 7th-19th centuries
Sources: compiled from Oliv ier Pétré-Grenouilleau, La Traite des Noirs, Paris, PUF, coll. “Qu e sais-je ? ”, 199 8; L’Argent de la traite . Milieu négrier,
capitalisme et dé veloppe ment : un modèle, Paris , Aubier Histoires, 1998; Bernard Lugan, Atlas historique de l’Afrique, des origines à nos jours, P aris,
Éditions du Rocher, 2001; L’His toire, “L a vérité sur l’esclavage”, numéro spécial, oc tobre 2003; L’Histoire, 126, oc tobre 1989; C atherine
Coquer y-Vidrovitch, L’Afrique et les Africains au XIXe siècle . Mutations, révolut ions , crises, Paris, Armand Colin, 19 99; Joseph Ki-Zerbo, Histoire de l’Afrique noire, d’hier à demain, Paris , Hatier, 1994; Jean Sellier, Ber trand de Brun et Anne Le Fur, Atlas des peuples d’Amérique, Paris, La Découverte, 2005; Hubert Deschamps, Histoire de la traite des Noirs, de l’Antiquité à nos jours, Paris , Fayard, 1972.
Comment
The map is based on many sources and summarizes the forcible displacement of Africans who were reduced to slavery over a long period. Both the Atlantic trade toward the Americas (which was intense for three centuries, and better studied and understood) and the Eastern trade (toward the Maghreb and the Middle East, of much longer duration but less well known) are shown on this map: the way the network of ports was organized, the main capture zones and the areas of destination. However, neither the numbers of slaves nor the way they evolved over time are represented.
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