I think they had black slaves in England, but on a much smaller scale then America. It was also ended much quicker and without a war by simply buying the slaves and freeing them.
Black slavery was considerably less in Europe because they already had white serfs who were almost slaves.
There might have also been indentured servants(a sort of voluntary slavery) from India, but I'm not sure. indentured servants were basically the same as serfs.
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.
The triangular trade (because it involved three places).
increasing the demand for goods
William Wilberforce among many other people.
When William Wilberforce and the abolitionists began their fight against the slave trade in the late 18th century, it is estimated that around 15% of Britain's economy was directly or indirectly dependent on the slave trade. This included profits from slave-produced goods such as sugar, tobacco, and cotton, as well as the industries that supported the trade, like shipbuilding and insurance. The economic ties to slavery made the abolition movement particularly challenging, as many powerful interests were invested in maintaining the status quo.
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.