The most important reason that the slave trade thrived was economic; the shipping companies and slave dealers made money in obtaining and selling slaves, and the slave owners used slaves as a "free" labor force to earn money for themselves.
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London had a monopoly on the slave trade until the late 17th century. From then on Liverpool in the North West and Bristol in the South West were the two ports most heavily involved
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The most important reason that the slave trade thrived was economic; the shipping companies and slave dealers made money in obtaining and selling slaves, and the slave owners used slaves as a "free" labor force to earn money for themselves.
It made the slave trading African nations rich.
William Wilberforce among many other people.
called for the ending of the slave trade in 1808.
The colonists were all to to blame for the slave trade
It appears that the pamphlet "The African Slave Trade" tends to have the most favorable view of the slave trade, as it argues for the economic benefits and justifications of slavery.
The old African empires crumbled due to warring.
In "The Devil and Tom Walker," Washington Irving does not directly address the issue of slave trade. The story primarily focuses on themes of greed, morality, and the consequences of making a deal with the devil.
Freedom to an ex-slave was like something in the past. Freedom was something that was rewarded to a slave. Whether this slave ran away or was set free by its master, freedom was the most important thing to a slave.
The main BRITISH ports involved in the slave trade were London, Bristol and Liverpool.
Slave trade in Britain was outlawed in 1808 when Parliament passed the Slave Trade Act of 1807. However, this did not slavery altogether. The Slavery Abolition Act of 1833 abolished slavery in most British Empires.
The slave trade was the most profitable thing about slavery. Actually owning slaves was not terribly profitable and most slave owners were deeply in debt. But the business of selling slaves, whether they were grabbed from Africa or purchased or bartered in the Caribbean, was highly profitable. A large number of people made their living in the slave trade, transporting, auctioning, guarding, financing, insuring, etc. Southerners were also aware that Great Britain had first banned the slave trade, then followed up by banning slavery entirely. They felt that any movement to limit slavery, slave trading, slave states, etc., threatened their whole way of life.