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The
three
main ports involved in the trade were
London
, Bristol and
Liverpool
London: until 1698 was the only
slave
port
By
1730
Bristol was carrying more
slaves
London then became a source of
financial
support
Bristol: geographically at an advantage to
London
The
city boomed
,
fine
new
buildings,
sugar-refining
,
glass-making
grew as a result
Liverpool: previously a
poor
city but became the largest
slave-ship construction
site
Had a large deep
waterfront,
not affected by
tides
so they could
unload
ships quickly & big ships could dock more
easily
Scotland:
independent
until 1707
Involvement been
hidden
Glasgow
merchants
traded only the
tobacco
not the slaves
Small
number of
30
slave ships deported from
Scotland
, but still involved because they owned
companies
included
Virginia
was Britain’s first
permanent
colony in North
America