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The slave trade
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Although slavery was illegal within Britain itself, by the 18th century the slave trade was a well established overseas industry dominated by Britain and the American colonies. Enslaved people came mainly from West Africa and were taken in terrible conditions on British ships to America and the Caribbean to work on tobacco and sugar plantations.
Memory tip: Enslaved people came from West Africa, taken to America and the Caribbean for sugar and tobacco.
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Most enslaved people in the British slave trade came from which region?
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