Curtin’s 1969 estimate put the slave trade total near 9.5 million

Evidence

In 1969, Curtin authoritatively calculated that between 1451 and 1870, 9,566,000 African workers were brought to the Western Hemisphere. He further concluded that “it is extremely unlikely that the ultimate total will turn out to be less than 8,000,000 or more than 10,500,000.” This significantly lowered the figure most commonly used, 50,000,000. — Cedric J. Robinson, Black Marxism_ The Making of the Black…, 565

Categorization

Category: Factual Claims

• QUESTION: Worth carrying the number and its 50-million rival to understand the historiographical stakes.

Related

• Curtin’s revised slave trade estimate was under half the commonly cited figure (similarity 0.96)
• Curtin’s 1969 estimate cut the accepted slave-trade totals roughly fivefold. (similarity 0.96)
• British slavers transported over 3.6 million Africans, 400,000 dying in transit (similarity 0.82)
• Over 150,000 enslaved Africans died before reaching the New World (similarity 0.80)
• British shipping alone transported 3.7 million Africans across the Atlantic (similarity 0.80)

Broader Connections

• Inikori’s evidence supports revising Curtin’s slave-trade total upward by a third #responds-to (0.80) — Cedric J. Robinson, Black Marxism_ The Making of the Black…, 567