From the The Atlantic Slave Trade and Slave Life in the Americas: A Visual Record website:
The approximately 1,200 images in this collection have been selected from a wide
range of sources, most of them dating from the period of slavery.
This collection is envisioned as a tool and a resource that can be
used by teachers, researchers, students, and the general public - in
brief, anyone interested in the experiences of Africans who were
enslaved and transported to the Americas and the lives of their
descendants in the slave societies of the New World.
We would like to emphasize that little effort is made to interpret the
images and establish the historical authenticity or accuracy of what
they display. To accomplish this would constitute a major and
different research effort. Individual users of this collection must
decide such issues for themselves. However, we have made every
effort to ensure bibliographic accuracy and the correct
identification of both primary and secondary sources from which the
images have been obtained, as well as correct identification of the
area, country, or region to which the image refers. The dates we
assign may refer to the date an image was published, at other times to
when an author visited an area; in other cases, we could only assign
a general time period. Despite our efforts at bibliographical and chronological accuracy,
errors remain, and we welcome any comments, suggestions, or corrections.
