This episode features an in-depth conversation with Dr. Nafees M. Khan and Dr. Gregory O'Malley, key contributors on the Operational Committee behind the Slave Voyages database.

We explore the database's journey from inception and collaborative history in the 1970s to a CD ROM to an extensive online resource documenting over 12.5 million African forced migrations during the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade.

With essays and timelapse maps showing the movement of ships across the Atlantic, the database includes voyages, people (enslavers and enslaved) & vessels.

The discussion continues with an exploration of the database's contribution to documenting over 35,000 Trans-Atlantic slave trading voyages, emphasizing its development, the methodology b ...