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The Empire Pays Back

Writer: Tony Snow

Introduction | Slave-owner compensation | Legacy of slavery | Apologies | Profit and loss

Introduction

The Transatlantic Slave Trade began in 1440 when Portugal started to trade slaves with West Africa. Britain, Denmark, France, Holland, Portugal, and Spain all profited from the slave trade. During the Triangular Trade 20 million African people would be kidnapped, taken across the Atlantic in chains and sold as chattel. However even 300 years after slavery started, no church condemned slave ownership or slave trading. The Quakers however organized opposition to slavery in the late 1750's. In 1833 Parliament passed the Slavery Abolition Act which gave all slaves in the British Empire their freedom.

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Britain's Slave Trade

Britain's role in the slave trade
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