Another Study? The University Consortium on Afro-Latin American Studies Will Examine Western Hemisphere Slavery

The University Consortium on Afro-Latin American Studies Will Examine Western Hemisphere Slavery Of the 10.7 million Africans who survived the Middle Passage, 4.9 million were taken to Brazil, another 1 million arrived in Jamaica, and millions more were taken to various islands in the Caribbean. A new collaboration between Harvard University, the University of Pittsburgh and four universities in Latin America will study slavery throughout the Western Hemisphere.