0
usually not many as Britain used slaves just as workers and bought the raw materials e.g cotton to make textiles then they would ship the end product to anywhere in the world e.g a t-shirt and would sell it for a higher price than the raw materials thus making Britain rich
Wiki User
∙ 12y ago
Add your answer:
Earn +20 pts
When was Britain involved in slave trade?
Captain John Hawkins started the British slave trade in 1562. It came to America in 1619. The British got out of the slave trade in 1807.
How did the slave trade contribute to the rise of industry in Britain?
increasing the demand for goods
What was the British naval unit that seized hundreds of slave ships in the process of suppressing the illegal slave trade in the early 1800?
The Royal Navy, of Britain, moved to stop other nations from filling Britain's place in the slave trade and declared that slaving was equal to piracy and was punishable by death. The United States outlawed the importation of slaves on January 1, 1808
The diary entry of a slave in the transatlantic slave trade?
african slave trade was a horrible time
What was the slave trade referred to as?
What was the slave trade referred to as? Well it was referred to as a Middle Passage.
Why did it take so long to abolish the slave trade in Britain?
because of the money Britain was getting from the slave trade
A trade imbalance occurred when Americas?
Imports from Britain exceeded exports to Britain.
What country dominated the slave trade?
Britain dominated the Atlantic slave trade.
Did Nicholas Gilman support the slave trade?
Yes, he did. He wanted Congress to control the slave trade on imports, though not exports.
When did Britain get tobacco of the slave trade?
1456
How did Britain have a large role in the slave trade?
They
When did Britain stop the slave trade?
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.
What benefit does slave trade bring to slave owners in the colonies?
Free labor.
When was Britain involved in slave trade?
Captain John Hawkins started the British slave trade in 1562. It came to America in 1619. The British got out of the slave trade in 1807.
When did the British offer slaves their freedom?
Slavery was abolished in Britain in 1833. The Slave Trade Act of 1807 officially ended the slave trade in Britain, but did not end slavery for the people already enslaved there.
Why did Britain enter into slave trade?
because it gave them more money
Who helped bring an end to the slave trade?
William Wilberforce was instrumental in helping bring an end to the slave trade.See the related question as to how Wilberforce accomplished this.
