The Transatlantic Slave Trade
Britain's central role in the triangular trade, the Middle Passage, and the plantation system.
Key Questions
- 1How did ordinary British people benefit from and participate in the slave trade?
- 2Why was the Middle Passage such a traumatic and lethal experience?
- 3How did the profits from slavery fund the Industrial Revolution?
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