Africa, Central and South America, Latin America and the Caribbean
Survey time period
1501-1866
Supplementary notes
These data only count the slaves who embarked in Africa and disembarked in Ibero-America. The data do not include slaves who embarked in other regions of America.
The Circum-Caribbean category in this study refers to the territories of Mexico, Central America (Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama), the Spanish Antilles (Antigua and Barbuda, the Bahamas, Barbados, Grenada, Dominica, Haiti, Jamaica, the Dominican Republic, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Saint Lucia, and Trinidad and Tobago), and Colombia and Venezuela.
For more information about the study's methodology, click here.
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Number of slaves transported to Ibero-America by region between 1501 and 1866
Between the 19th century and the mid-19th century, around * slaves were embarked in Africa and disembarked in Ibero-America. The Portuguese empire transported around ** across the Atlantic Ocean, managing to consolidate the largest monopoly on the slave trade. On the other hand, the Spanish empire concentrated its disembarkations in Cuba due to its emerging sugar cane industry. The slave trade still has an important legacy in the ethnic and demographic composition of Latin American populations today.
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Slave Voyages. (October 30, 2024). Estimated number of African slaves disembarked in Ibero-America during the transatlantic slave trade (1501-1866), by region [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved August 05, 2026, from /statistics/1635661/number-of-slaves-transferred-to-iberoamerica-by-region/
Slave Voyages. "Estimated number of African slaves disembarked in Ibero-America during the transatlantic slave trade (1501-1866), by region." Chart. October 30, 2024. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Accessed August 05, 2026. /statistics/1635661/number-of-slaves-transferred-to-iberoamerica-by-region/
Slave Voyages. (2024). Estimated number of African slaves disembarked in Ibero-America during the transatlantic slave trade (1501-1866), by region. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Inc.. Accessed: August 05, 2026. /statistics/1635661/number-of-slaves-transferred-to-iberoamerica-by-region/
Slave Voyages. "Estimated Number of African Slaves Disembarked in Ibero-america during The Transatlantic Slave Trade (1501-1866), by Region." ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ, ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Inc., 30 Oct 2024, /statistics/1635661/number-of-slaves-transferred-to-iberoamerica-by-region/
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Estimated number of African slaves disembarked in Ibero-America during the transatlantic slave trade (1501-1866), by region [Graph], Slave Voyages, October 30, 2024. [Online]. Available: /statistics/1635661/number-of-slaves-transferred-to-iberoamerica-by-region/
