British opponents of the slave trade were Americans and French because the Americans did not like slaves and they did not want there to be slaves in British territories
Captain John Hawkins started the British slave trade in 1562. It came to America in 1619. The British got out of the slave trade in 1807.
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to be honest it was 1807 when the british government abolished the slave trade but it carried on to 1886 and still happens now there are still people in countries who are forced to be slaves!
England began to dominate the transatlantic slave trade in the late 17th century, particularly from the 1700s onwards. By the 18th century, British ships were responsible for transporting a significant portion of enslaved Africans to the Americas. This dominance continued until the early 19th century when the British Parliament abolished the slave trade in 1807.
The British were the dominant nation of the slave trade.
Captain John Hawkins started the British slave trade in 1562. It came to America in 1619. The British got out of the slave trade in 1807.
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The British They vetoed this slave trade
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The Slave Trade Act, which was passed on March, 25, 1807, abolished the slave trade in the United Kingdom. The act abolished slave trade in the British Empire, but not slavery itself.
The 1807 Slave Trade Act was a law passed by the British Parliament that abolished the transatlantic slave trade. It made it illegal to engage in the business of trading enslaved people between Africa, the Americas, and the Caribbean. The act was a significant step towards the eventual abolition of slavery in the British Empire.
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It imported the slave-grown cotton and sugar-cane.
The British Royal Navy enforced anti-slave trade laws by sending warships to intercept slave ships. This was part of their efforts to abolish the transatlantic slave trade during the 19th century.
William Wilberforce was a British politician and philanthropist who campaigned tirelessly for the abolition of the slave trade in the British Empire. John Newton, a former slave ship captain turned abolitionist, influenced Wilberforce with his personal account of the brutality of the slave trade. Together, their efforts led to the passing of the Slave Trade Act of 1807, which abolished the transatlantic slave trade in the British Empire.
British banks such as Barclays and lloyds made mega money off the slave trade by loaning out funds for ships, wages and food/water