Record #:

21581

Author(s):

Minchinton, Walter E.

Abstract:

This article examines and calculates the number of slaves imported into North Carolina before slave trade restrictions were imposed in the mid-1790s. Overall slave trade in North Carolina was limited in scope as the state was not part of the triangular trade. Specialized slave merchants in the region were rare as the slave trade was incidental to the activities of the vessels engaging in it. Available records indicate the import of 3,236 slaves through sea routes, almost half from the West Indies.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 71 Issue 1, Jan 1994, p1-61 , il, map, f

Subject(s):

Slavery