The first records of slaves in England was recorded by means of art. In the 15th century Africans were depicted in European art as musicians, laborers and artisans. By the 1590s it was a European status symbol to have Africans amongst your slaves. The other laborers were white slaves or were servants.
The British trade in slaves began in 1562, during the reign of Elizabeth I, when John Hawkins led the first slaving expedition.
it began oficially in 1698
The main BRITISH ports involved in the slave trade were London, Bristol and Liverpool.
There is no Antarctic slave trade, nor has there ever been such.
Bristol had slaves Craig haugson
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Liverpool, London and Bristol were the main ones.
Slavery and a slave trade DID NOT begin in the 1500s it was the norm since prehistory.
In the 1700s Bristol was the UKs 2nd biggest prot after London and beacuse of it's location it was the main UK port involved int he transatlantic slave trade.
It started in Africa in the 15 and 1600's.
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No, it was from the western countries.
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
We saw other countries with slaves and we wanted them to work on the plantations, and to show we had power and wealth.