Not a "theory": BBC infographic: Britain and the Caribbean: UK moved slaves from Africa to the West Indies in 17th and 18th centuries to work on sugar plantations. This made British ports and merchants very wealthy

BBC infographic, “Britain and the Caribbean,” “Developments in overseas British trade,” bbc.co.uk, 1672-1789. “In the 17th and 18th centuries slaves were moved from Africa to the West Indies to work on sugar plantations. This industry and the slave trade made British ports and merchants involved very wealthy.”

 

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Added: Map: UK slave voyages from Africa to Jamaica, 1655-1809

Source: Slave Voyages Database-Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade-Estimates, via JamaicaGreatHouses.com…

 

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