Abstract

This article provides a better understanding of the volume of the French slave trade on Madagascar. Indeed, while research on the European slave trade in the Atlantic has benefitted much from statistical data, the slave trade in the Indian Ocean still lags behind, despite new scholarship. Based on detailed archival research, this article systematically analyzes different aspects of this commerce, including the organization of the trade, the age-sex ratio of the enslaved, and their mortality during the middle passage. Taking the number of French expeditions as a basis, we are able to determine the number of slaves traded with greater accuracy than was previously possible. Through this calculation, this article will shed new light on the patterns of slave trade in the Indian Ocean.

中文翻译：

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法国在马达加斯加的奴隶贸易：定量方法

摘要

本文提供了对马达加斯加法国奴隶贸易量的更好理解。确实，尽管对大西洋沿岸欧洲奴隶贸易的研究已从统计数据中受益匪浅，但尽管获得了新的奖学金，但印度洋的奴隶贸易仍然落后。在详细的档案研究的基础上，本文系统地分析了该贸易的各个方面，包括贸易的组织，被奴役者的年龄性别比及其在中间交易期间的死亡率。以法国远征军的人数为基础，我们能够确定比以前更准确的交易奴隶的人数。通过这种计算，本文将为印度洋奴隶贸易的模式提供新的思路。