Newfoundland and the African Slave Trade


A review of ships’ passengers and general cargo lists supports the historical record of St. John’s in 17th and 18th Centuries as a slave trading port. Whereas, Newfoundland’s residents may not have owned large number of slaves, enslavement of black people did occur. Perhaps more significantly, slave trade was an important form of commerce. The table below lists enslaved black people as cargo from ships porting at St. John’s Harbour. 



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