The European Slave Trading powers
The beginning of English involvement
‘Free trading’ in slaves
African elites and the Slave Trade
How profitable was the Slave Trade?
Free trading in slaves - Useful links
Bristol enters the race
A PortCities Bristol website including a timeline, trade map and learning journeys through the city.
http://www.discoveringbristol.org.uk/subIndex.php?sit_id=1
Liverpool and sugar
This looks at how the port of Liverpool flourished through it's involvement in both slavery and sugar refining.
http://www.mawer.clara.net/liverpool.html
Liverpool and slavery
Between 1750 and 1780 Liverpool was financing 75 per cent of Britain's slave trade. This website tells the full story.
http://www.garstangfairtrade.org.uk/slave_trade.htm
