The Development of British Slaving Ports

1. The Development of British Slaving Ports

2. AIMS: • To identify the role of the Slave Trade in developing British ports such as Liverpool and Bristol. SUCCESS CRITERIA • You can explain why some ports were so successful during the slave trade. • You can outline 2 benefits to Liverpool as a result of being involved in the slave trade.

3. In 1770 around 100,000 slaves were carried to the New World from Africa and around half of these were British ships. • The British were hugely involved in the Slave trade, more so than any other nation in the late 1700s.

4. In 1771 there were 4 main slaving ports in the UK. The table below shows the number of ships and slaves they carried for the year 1771. London, Liverpool and Bristol accounted for over 90% of British involvement in the slave trade.

5. Task • Collect a map of the UK. • On your map locate and label the main British Slaving ports – LIVERPOOL LONDON BRISTOL LANCASTER • You can use an atlas to help. BBC - Learning Zone Class Clips - John Hawkins and the Slave Trade - History Video

6. Why were these ports so successful? • With a partner, discuss what you think might be important for a slave port to be successful? • Think about GEOGRAPHY, ACCESS TO MANUFACTURED GOODS and NUMBER OF MERCHANTS (buyers and sellers of goods).

7. Copy this diagram into your notes

8. Liverpool • It is estimated that the port of Liverpool made around £300,000 profit each year from the slave trade. The rest of Britain's ports approximately made the same. • This combined sum would be worth about £300 million today. • Clearly profits from the slave trade made some people and cities very wealthy indeed. BBC - Learning Zone Class Clips - Scotland and the slave trade - History Video • You will now be issued with further information on how Liverpool benefitted from the slave trade and tasks to complete.