drawing on extensive archival records, this digital memorial allows analysis of the ships, traders, and captives in the atlantic slave trade. the three databases below provide details of 36,000 trans-atlantic slave voyages, 10,000 intra-american ventures, names and personal information. you can read the introductory maps for a high-level guided explanation, view the timeline and chronology of the traffic, or watch the slave ship and slave trade animations to see the dispersal in action.