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The African Origins project is a database run by researchers at
Emory University Emory University is a private research university in Atlanta, Georgia. Founded in 1836 as "Emory College" by the Methodist Episcopal Church and named in honor of Methodist bishop John Emory, Emory is the second-oldest private institution of ...
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Georgia Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia * Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States Georgia may also refer to: Places Historical states and entities * Related to the ...
, United States, which aims to document all the known facts about the African diaspora, including all documentary material pertaining to the
transatlantic slave trade The Atlantic slave trade, transatlantic slave trade, or Euro-American slave trade involved the transportation by slave traders of enslaved African people, mainly to the Americas. The slave trade regularly used the triangular trade route and i ...
. It is a sister project to Voyages: The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database.


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* African diaspora Databases African slave trade European colonization of the Americas European colonisation in Africa Early Modern period Forced migration History of sugar
Slave trade Slavery and enslavement are both the state and the condition of being a slave—someone forbidden to quit one's service for an enslaver, and who is treated by the enslaver as property. Slavery typically involves slaves being made to perf ...
History of the Caribbean Slavery in North America Slavery in South America Slavery in the British Empire Slavery in the United States Trade routes {{website-stub