Accounting for the Traffic in Africans: Transport Costs on Slaving Voyages
利用皇家非洲公司的手稿记录，分析17世纪80年代22次奴隶运输航程中运输成本、死亡率与疾病对非洲和加勒比地区奴隶价格差距的影响，并探讨18世纪相关因素的作用。
Relying mainly on the manuscript records of the Royal African Company, we explore the factors that contributed to the large gap between slave prices in Africa and the Caribbean. Twenty-two voyages from the mid-1680s are analyzed. These were conducted with hired ships and the payments to the shipowners and captains were recorded. In addition to transport costs, mortality and morbidity had a big effect on slave prices; while the earnings from the trade in gold and ivory had a moderating influence. The effect of mortality and transport costs on slave prices during the eighteenth century is also explored.