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Records of Slave Ship Movement Between Africa and the Americas, 1817-1843
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Curtin, Philip D. and Herbert S. Klein. Records of Slave Ship Movement Between Africa and the Americas, 1817-1843 [machine-readable data file]. 2nd DPLS ed., 1973, 1997. Madison, WI: Data and Information Services Center [distributor]; <http://www.disc.wisc.edu/slavedata/slaintro1.html>; ( ).

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