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b_b  ·  1409 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Hit pause, click a dot and "read more"

This is incredible. I'm a little confused about the landings though. I've always read that New Orleans was one of the most important slave ports in the US. But it looks like most of the ships landing directly in the US went to Baltimore or Savannah (or close to there anyway--I didn't see a single one go directly to NO). Was there an intermediate waypoint or something? Like, did Jamaica and Hispaniola need that many slaves, or did they stop there for provisioning or something?