After leaving Africa, what county was the next stop for the slave ship? Why did they stop there?
Depending on the slave ship’s home port (most were Portuguese, but not all); the slave ship would either stop in Brazil, in the Caribbean (Jamaica, Haiti), or colonial American cities, especially Jamestown. Early on, these were the main ports-of-call for slave ships; most would off-load slaves in the ports because there were major slave-auction companies at these locations. The ships would sometimes load up with the area’s exports after the slaves were unloaded and return them to the home port.
