Documenting Africans in Trans-Atlantic Slavery

Collaborative research project exploring African ethnonyms, identity, and migration patterns in trans-Atlantic slavery.

Visit resource

Screenshot of DATAS Homepage
Screenshot of DATAS Homepage

Why it matters

Documenting Africans in Trans-Atlantic Slavery (DATAS) is an innovative collaborative project focused on exploring the ethnic identities, origins, ethnonyms, and migration trajectories of Africans in the trans-Atlantic slave trade.

It provides crucial resources for the digital humanities, linguistic history, and genealogical reconstruction by analyzing naming conventions, registries, and baptismal records across colonial archives.

Back to top