Claim: Slavery shipment numbers in Mandinka regions were low in 1501-1867.
Evidence: There were fourteen Mandinke kingdoms along the Gambia River in the Senegambia region during the early 19th century, for example, where slaves were a part of the social strata in all these kingdoms. Slave shipment between 1501–1867, by region 5.69 million 2.00 million 1.6 million 1.21 million 0.34 million 0.39 million 0.76 million 0.54 million