Can you name the modern countries containing the top African regions that slaves embarked from en route to the U.S.? by folio1701

Can you name the modern countries containing the top African regions that slaves embarked from en route to the U.S.?

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Data is for embarkation points of African slaves that disembarked in the present day USA. All numbers are estimates. Historical names of slave trade embarkation areas are given.
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Senegambia
91,872
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Sierra Leone
44,893

Windward Coast
21,780

Gold Coast
55,877

Bight of Benin
9,230
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Bight of Biafra
64,300

West Central Africa
91,340
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Southeast Africa
7,591
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Top Countries of Embarkation of U.S. Slaves Quiz

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	NinedenLtD:	Apr 27th, 2011 at 03:29 GMT		5 points
	I commend you for your efforts. That said, you are talking about ports of origin, not modern countries. Slaves leaving from Senegambia, for instance, were likely originating from the interior of Africa (Mali, Songhay, Fundi). That is unless you subscribe the Walter Hawthorne's thesis in his recent book. I've tried to make games like this before, but the problem I always run into is simply that people just don't know the names of these African ports. I don't know what to suggest.

	folio1701:	Apr 27th, 2011 at 12:17 GMT		3 points
	Thanks for your comments. I'll try to make the title and notes more accurately reflect what this data represents.

	toledorockets:	Apr 28th, 2011 at 02:00 GMT		2 points
	interesting quiz. i always thought that most american slaves came from what is now ghana, liberia, etc. i didnt expect angola and definitely not mozambique. nice job.

	NinedenLtD:	Apr 29th, 2011 at 04:18 GMT		2 points
	You could take a look at the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database if you haven't already. It is free online. There is also a fantastic atlas that came out last year based on the same research by David Eltis and David Richardson. You might also like the Hawthorne book that I mentioned before (From Africa to Brazil), which is a smaller case study than what you're after, but it does raise the many problems of the database and atlas. Really interesting stuff.