How did Britain profit from the slave trade?

The slave trade was a big part of the British economy during 1700~1807. British ships would sail to Western Africa and trade fine goods for slaves which would then be traded in other parts of Southern and Northern America for items such as sugar, rum, tobacco and cotton. All these things brought a massive increase to the British economy. Many people benefited from the slave trade, many of these people would send items with vessels over …showed first 75 words of 687 total…

…showed last 75 words of 687 total…you can see from these paragraphs, the British slave trade obviously was good for the economy of Britain, and even Africa and America. But the lives of thousands and thousands of Slaves were ruined due to the popular demand for these goods that were so easily traded upon using slaves. **This is one of the first essays I wrote when I moved into 9th grade. And I had just started to learn proper essay structure.**