The database allows for detailed research and attempts to cite multiple sources to confirm each voyage. However, the website does not have an intuitive direction towards introductory information on the slave trade. This weakness can deter younger students from further research because the vast amount of information from thousands of sources. The database further develops Paquette’s argument of how the demographics of Spanish America changed over the colonization period; the maps demonstrate the massive amount of Africans that were brought to the continent. This change of demographics exacerbates the class differences and empowers the local elites
The database allows for detailed research and attempts to cite multiple sources to confirm each voyage. However, the website does not have an intuitive direction towards introductory information on the slave trade. This weakness can deter younger students from further research because the vast amount of information from thousands of sources. The database further develops Paquette’s argument of how the demographics of Spanish America changed over the colonization period; the maps demonstrate the massive amount of Africans that were brought to the continent. This change of demographics exacerbates the class differences and empowers the local elites