A Brief History of the Slave Trade
British demand for sugar, tobacco and coffee grew in the first half of
the eighteenth century. Britain had by this time become the largest
slave trafficker in the Western world. Liverpool was at the centre of
the trade, developing from a small town into a bustling international
port. At the end of the Seven Years War in 1763, France ceded Grenada,
Dominica, St Vincent and Tobago and Britain's colonial and slaving
power reached its height.
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