As with all such questions, the accumulation of wealth
The main countries involved were America, Britain and the West Africa.
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.
Europeans and Africans
ivory coast
because of the money Britain was getting from the slave trade
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.
Britain dominated the Atlantic slave trade.
What is the 3 main countries who were involved in the slave trade?
England was the first to be involved with 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.
Some Africans were involved in the transatlantic slave trade as intermediaries who captured and enslaved people to sell to European slave traders. Additionally, some African rulers and merchants profited from the trade by selling enslaved individuals in exchange for goods and weapons.
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