was england part in the slave trade?

Question

Did they get African slaves like America did ?

Answer 1

England was the major provider of African slaves to the Caribbean and America by the 1700s. The decade of the 1780s was the peak of the trade. By 1807, Britain had enough qualms about the ethics of the trade to ban the slave trade not only for its own ships but for all nations trying to profit. The U.S. also banned importation of African slaves that same year of 1807 - - but there was still a market for slaves in Cuba and Brazil.

Quote from the world history text I use in my college class - -
"Britain, in the late 1700s, was responsible for more than half of the slaves exported from Africa."

The English did not buy the slaves for their own use in the British isles . They had no plantation system. They sold the slaves in the Americas for hefty profits. Liverpool was a major base for the slave trading ships from Britain. It was quite a turn around for Britain to go from major slave trader to the policemen of the seas trying to stop the trade after 1807.
In this the British were largely unsuccesssful. They caught and freed 160,000 slaves while another three million were shipped to sugar, coffee, and cotton plantations in Cuba and Brazil between 1807 and 1888 when slavery finally ended in Brazil.

Answer 2

One of the reasons that England got involved with the slave trade was that the Royal Navy beat both the Dutch Navy and Portuguese Navy and took over their business of slaves together with the Dutch Shipping Insurance system. (Lloyds of London is the foremost insurance company in the world for shipping).

The slaves that were exchanged were already "enslaved" by warring idiginous tribes and were held in factories until they could be sold for profit to ship owner who had the right price/goods.

To retain their financial hold the British (English) despatched troops to protect their financial slave interests and hence the infant British Empire was born by casually extending their perceived now valuable territories/commodities further and further.

Answer 3

England didn't have the need for slave labor like America did(if you can ever really have a need for such). England was, however, instrumental in stopping the Transatlantic trafficing of slaves, which helped hasten the end of the practice.

Answer 4

Britain was the country that stole the slaves form Africa, transported them back to Britain then sold them on to the Americans.

The trade triangle was thus:
British ships loaded with cargo would travel to Africa and trade their cargo for slaves.
They would then sail the atlantic to the american colonies and trade the slaves for goods produced on the slave plantations such as cotton, rum and sugar.
They would then return to Britain and trade that for more goods that the Africans wanted.
And so on and so on..........

Answer 5

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Answer 6

Yes, but England was smart and stopped WAY before they did in the states.

Answer 7

They had their own from India and North Africa

Answer 8

they brought them to america

Answer 9

yes