Migration Map
1450-1990
Migration of Africans and people of African descent, 1450-1990. Produced
from combined details from the Peters Projection World Map and African
Diaspora Map by Joseph E. Harris.
The arrow on the map indicate major migratory patterns of
Africans and their descendants over the past 500 years. Their forced migration
during the Atlantic Slave Trade, when people were deported from ports
along the west and east coasts of Africa, is shown. Inland ethnic groups
were also captured and sold into slavery. Enslaved Africans entered the
major port cities, from which they were distributed throughout the Americas.
Despite legal sanctions, the contraband trade from Africa and between
countries in the Americas continued until the 1870s. The solid lines on
the map indicate migration through 1873.
The Peters Projection World Map is based on mathematically correct principles
presenting an accurate geographical view of the world.