The slave trade within the Americas, after the initial disembarkation of African captives in the New World, has received scant attention from historians, especially before the abolition of the transatlantic traffic.
Intra-Imperial Slave Trades
Intercolonial slave trading across the Americas varied with local circumstances - the size and vibrancy of economies, trade and taxation policies, and geography.
3. Transimperial Slave Trading within the Americas
If the motives for market-scale transshipments within an empire were mostly economic, the motives for transshipment across imperial boundaries were much more complex.
