Annotated Bibliography
Primary and secondary references for the Trans-Atlantic Human Trade in
Yorktown, Virginia.
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The content of these documents provides details of the Middle Passage, specific vessels transporting captive Africans, the arrival of these people, and the ubiquity of slavery. The following resources include racist language as well as references to violence, dehumanization, and the enslavement of Africans. The language contained in the following documents may be upsetting to some readers.
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The Transatlantic Slave Trade to Virginia in Comparative Historical Perspective, 1698–1778
A list of slaves imported from 10 December 1710 to 10 December 1718
Documents illustrative of the history of the slave trade to America by Elizabeth Donnan
An account of slaves imported into the district of York River
Shipping Returns recording Inward and Outward Vessels
Virginia: Shipping returns, 1701 to 1706
Virginia: Shipping Returns, 1715-1727
“Shipping in Yorktown, Virginia, 1740–1744” by June Meredith Costin
“The Royal African Company Slave Trade to Virginia, 1689–1713” by Charles L. Killinger
English Duplicates of Lost Virginia Records





























