Slavery In Jamaica Research Paper

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Between 1700 and 1774, 1,016,943 slaves disembarked in Jamaica and Saint-Domingue. No voyage was the same, as statistics show. Jamaica had the most slaves disembark during the seventy-four year period, with a total of 496,291. In contrast, Saint Domingue had 366,891 disembark. Saint-Domingue had the longest average middle passage with an average of 84.3 days. Slaves disembarking at Jamaica were less varied in their places of origin, the largest group coming from the Bight of Biafra. The Bight of Benin is the location where the largest group of Saint-Domingue slaves originated, over one-hundred thousand came from there. The statistics show that while origins varied, there seems to have been a preference in Jamaica and Saint-Domingue as to where their slaves came from. Jamaica consistently had over two-hundred thousand per annum slaves traded after 1703. The rate of resistance never went over 10.3% for Jamaica bound vessels. …show more content…

Looking at a map, Jamaica is directly in the North Equatorial Current, which would mean it is a more direct and easier route. Saint-Domingue veers off of the current which could make it a bit more difficult to reach. Thirteen percent of Jamaica bound slaves were women, whereas females bound for Saint-Domingue numbered at eleven percent. While Jamaica had more slaves disembark, Saint-Domingue had a higher percentage of children disembark, around a four percent difference. These percentages imply that these slaves were intended for agricultural locales. The statistics also imply that there was less of a need for domestic or skilled slaves. However, they are no different than the average total numbers during the slave trade. Men were always traded more than women and

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