employment opertunitues

Question 1

Jobs in shipbuilding and related industries became available at ports

Answer 1

Ship builders, carpenters, iron mongers and rope makers where all required

Question 2

Jobs became available processing raw materials bought from the Caribbean

Answer 2

Glasgow thrived in processing tobacco and Bristol in sugar refining

Question 3

In Liverpool employment was available for inexperienced men and boys on slave ships

Answer 3

This kept wage bills down for traders