Disclaimers:
- These charts are NOT meant to be taken as an absolute or definitive display of ethnic origins for modernday populations!
- Ethnic labels given by Europeans do NOT per se reflect how the slaves would have self-identified themselves! (see this article for more discussion)
- Take note of the sample size, time period, region and any other details given to familiarize yourself with the CONTEXT of the chart!
- Even if limited in scope, valuable information can still be obtained if you look for the patterns!
- Sorry for all the exclamation marks 😉 It’s just that i’ve seen these kind of charts being misinterpreted so many times, not only online but also by trained historians. Which is a shame really because misleading conclusions can easily be avoided if you just take these charts for what they are: a randomized subset of slaves who might provide us with extra clues about the ethnic composition of other slaves during a given time period and for a given place/region. All depending on how representative the samples might have been.
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Dutch slave trade in general
Estimated Dutch slave exports per African region, 1596-1829
Source: “Slave Trading and Slavery in the Dutch Colonial Empire: a global comparison”, (R. van Welie, 2008)
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Estimated Dutch slave imports per African region, 1596-1829
Source: “Slave Trading and Slavery in the Dutch Colonial Empire: a global comparison”, (R. van Welie, 2008)
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Estimated slave imports into Dutch colonies during the 1700’s/1800’s
Source: “Slave Trading and Slavery in the Dutch Colonial Empire: a global comparison”, (R. van Welie, 2008)
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West African slave trade by MCC (Middelburg Commerce Compagnie) , 1740-1803
Source: The Slave Trade from the Windward Coast – The Case of the Dutch, 1740–1805 (Vos, 2010)
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West African slave trade by MCC (Middelburg Commerce Compagnie) , 1740-1803
Source: The Slave Trade from the Windward Coast – The Case of the Dutch, 1740–1805 (Vos, 2010)
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West African slave trade by MCC (Middelburg Commerce Compagnie) , 1740-1803
Source: The Slave Trade from the Windward Coast – The Case of the Dutch, 1740–1805 (Vos, 2010)
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Surinam
Slave Trade to Surinam, incl. the “Rice Coast” (doesn’t add up to 100%…)
For more details read: “ROOTS.NL (S1E2) – Searching for Gold (Exploring Ethnic Possibilities: the Sokko)”
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Source: Rice Reveals African Slaves’ Agricultural Heritage (SAPIENS, 2017)
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Dutch Caribbean
Slave Census
For more details read ”
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South Africa
African
For more details read
Tracing African Roots 