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    Default Why did Jamaica and Barbados have so few Congolese & Angolan slaves?

    Central African slaves were very significant to most of the African diaspora and have contributed a significant amount to New World Black ancestry.

    Yet only 10% of slaves in Barbados and 17% in Jamaica were Central African, versus 50+% in Haiti/DR, Colombia, and Brazil and a significant amount in African Americans, the Bahamas, and so on.

    The Senegambian component to Jamaica is also especially low, almost nonexistent.

    Why was this?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sacrificed Ram View Post
    But a large portion of slaves in other parts of the Caribbean -- Haiti/DR, Bahamas, Virgin Islands, and even Cuba came from Central Africa. Why would Jamaica and Barbados be any different?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sikeliot View Post
    But a large portion of slaves in other parts of the Caribbean -- Haiti/DR, Bahamas, Virgin Islands, and even Cuba came from Central Africa. Why would Jamaica and Barbados be any different?
    I didn't know it, maybe was because where were the british commerce posts located, better prices by slave.

    Curious facts.

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    Probably because these áreas are farther, what would result in a longer and more expensive trip.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sikeliot View Post
    Central African slaves were very significant to most of the African diaspora and have contributed a significant amount to New World Black ancestry.

    Yet only 10% of slaves in Barbados and 17% in Jamaica were Central African, versus 50+% in Haiti/DR, Colombia, and Brazil and a significant amount in African Americans, the Bahamas, and so on.

    The Senegambian component to Jamaica is also especially low, almost nonexistent.

    Why was this?
    I think there are two main reasons why there were less Central African slaves in British West Indies: preferences of slave traders and the position of slave ports.
    Some slave traders had preferences for some African tribes compared to others. The British preferred slaves from the Gold Coast (Ghana) and Bight of Biafra (Nigeria) because they were known as tough in work field. They also had ports in these areas and none in Central Africa.

    Regarding the Angolan Coast, Portuguese had control over it and only the Loango and Cabinda slave ports were a free trade area where French, English and Dutch traders supplied themselves with slaves.

    Afterwards, there were a few exceptions as you pointed out. American slave traders imported many slaves from Angola-Congo, particularly to South Carolina and Louisiana. The Bahamas is also an exception, where most of the slaves (38%) came from West Central Africa.

    An interesting point concerning Jamaica, they brought Congolese indentured laborers in the middle of 19th century and they left an important cultural trace, notably the Kumina religion.

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