SOME FACTS AND FIGURES 1. For more than 300 years, Britain transported slaves form west Africa to cities such as London, Liverpool and Bristol and then on to the Americas and the Caribbean. 2. Between 10 and 12 million slaves were transported in the trans atlantic slave trade, of which approx 3 million died on the crossing (truly Africa’s own Holocaust). 3. London was at the heart of the trade as a major port, with ships owned by London merchants and the city funding slaving voyages, insuring cargoes and trading in plantation goods such as cotton and sugar. 4. The profits partly funded the industrial revolution, making Britain one of the richest countries in the world.«
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