Slave imports, exports and net to the US

Gross slaves imported to the US: 395,919

Slaves re-exported from the US: 7652

Net slaves retained in the US: 388,267

Proportion of all slaves taken from Africa (using net US)

Proportion of all slaves taken from Africa and brought to the US is: 5.1%

Visualizations

Slave Imports to US by Decade, Region, Port, and State

Slave Imports to US by Decade, Region, Port, and State

## # A tibble: 6 × 5
##   decade dis_broad              dis_port                   state         total
##    <dbl> <chr>                  <chr>                      <chr>         <dbl>
## 1   1610 Mainland North America Hampton                    Virginia         29
## 2   1620 Mainland North America Virginia, port unspecified Other/Unknown     3
## 3   1630 Mainland North America New York                   New York         53
## 4   1630 Mainland North America Virginia, port unspecified Other/Unknown    13
## 5   1630 Mainland North America Boston                     Massachusetts     7
## 6   1640 Mainland North America New York                   New York         69

Countries Participating in Export from Africa by Decade

Part 3: Visualization 2

Sumary

The graphs show that the number of enslaved people brought to the United States slowly increased starting in the late 1600s and became highest around the mid-1700s to about 1800, before dropping afterward. Overall, only about 5.1% of the enslaved people taken from Africa ended up in the United States. The graphs by state show that places like South Carolina and Louisiana received much larger numbers of enslaved people compared to northern states like Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Pennsylvania. The graph of countries involved in exporting enslaved people from Africa shows that several countries, including Great Britain, Portugal/Brazil, France, and Spain/Uruguay, were responsible for large numbers over time. Another graph shows that earlier enslaved people arriving in the United States mostly came directly from trans-Atlantic voyages, while later more came through intra-American transfers. The mortality graph shows that many people died during these voyages, with trans-Atlantic trips usually having mortality rates around 10–20%, while intra-American voyages varied more and became higher in the early 1800s.