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Periodical article Periodical article Leiden University catalogue Leiden University catalogue WorldCat catalogue WorldCat
Title:Commodities, Customs, and the Computer
Author:Johnson, Marion
Year:1984
Periodical:History in Africa
Volume:11
Pages:359-366
Language:English
Geographic terms:Subsaharan Africa
Great Britain
Africa
Subjects:tariffs
mercantile history
History and Exploration
Economics and Trade
Bibliography/Research
External link:https://www.jstor.org/stable/3171642
Abstract:Among the various sources of information about the Africa of the Slave Trade era, one of the more voluminous and detailed is the great series of English Customs records held at the Public Record Office in London under CUST 3 and CUST 17. The Customs records are concerned with the trade of England (later of Great Britain), with imports into England and exports and re-exports from England - so slaves themselves do not appear in the CUST 3 or COST 17 records. The great detail of the English Customs records makes them hard to handle. Since the figures for the African trade are so voluminous, the only practical way to handle them is by computer. Little work of this kind has been attempted previously. The author has undertaken a feasibility study, putting the entire records of the English African trade from 1699 to 1808 into machine-readable form. Motes.
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