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• Money and taxes:

  • Selling slaves and products made many people rich for example Thomas Leyland
• Access to goods:

  • Being part of the slave trade gave people access to cheaper products such as sugar and coffee
• More jobs:

  • Slavery created job opportunities for British people, like working in shipbuilding or sailors
• Bigger population:

  • Population grew thanks to the availability of jobs
  • Cities such as Liverpool saw a huge increase in city shipyards
• Stronger navy:

  • Large number of slave ships built led to improvements in ship design, leading to better navy ships being built
• Changes to towns and cities:

  • Rich merchants used profits from the trade to build grand homes and buildings, such as Merchant City in Glasgow