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?






The beginning of English involvement - Useful links
 
England enters the Slave Trade
The beginning of England's participation in the Slave Trade is studied in the light of its maritime conflicts with Spain.
http://beatl.barnard.columbia.edu/students/his3487/lembrich/seminar51.html
Asiento
The English use of the Asiento is explained in an article by Rev. Dr. S. S. Quarcoopome from the University of Ghana. This text is accompanied by photographs of European slave trading forts from the Cape Coast region of Ghana.
http://www.galenfrysinger.com/cape_coast.htm
English involvement in the Slave Trade
A fascinating and timely account of the prominent role England played in the trafficking of enslaved Africans across the Atlantic.
http://www.daintycrew.com/slavetrade.htm
Britain's slaves
Focusing on Britain's slave populations in the Caribbean, this site looks at the number of lives involved and the sheer scale of the trade in human beings.
http://www.qub.ac.uk/english/imperial/carib/slavery.htm