Historical datasets on Africa and the African Atlantic
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0147-5967/$ see front matter 2012 Association http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jce.2012.06.001 ⇑ Fax: +1 412 648 9074. E-mail address: [email protected] 1 For instance, at the conference on ‘‘Understanding (Harvard University) and hosted by the International on July 15–17, 2010. 2 The ‘‘Slave Voyages’’ dataset, at www.slavevoyag 3 Categories of data include the vessel, outcome o characteristics, and sources for the record. Manning, Patrick—Historical datasets on Africa and the African Atlantic
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