explain why it took so long to abolish the slave trade in britain

Question 1

the slave trade brought wealth to britain and many worried about the financial impacts abolition may have

Answer 1

british ports made 60 million pounds at the time of the slave trade and the government was making huge amounts of money on income tax

Question 2

the slave trade brought employment to britain

Answer 2

there where jobs available proccessing the goods comming in from the carabean, on slave ships or in ship building. glasgow thrived in processing tobbacco and bristol in sugar refining

Question 3

cities profited from the slave trade and where built up

Answer 3

in glasgow many major streets where laid out by slave traders and many traders funded improvements to land and british farming

Question 4

the products of the slave trade where in high demand

Answer 4

british people had a sweet tooth and sugar was used in jams, cakes etc.
coffee shops also become fashionable wich meant it was in high demand

Question 5

many mps had financial intrests in the slave trade

Answer 5

50 - 60 mps where asosiated with plantations and some mps owned slaves which meant the voted against abolition

Question 6

the slave trade was needed to support the navy

Answer 6

durring the war with france the money from taxing slave grown goods funded the fighting and crew from slave ships where employed in the navy