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Watch what happens in 1776!
by corey_moncure 9y ago
Watch what happens in 1776!
- tboyd47 9y agoYep, looks like during the Revolutionary War the British stopped shipping slaves to the Americans.
- eighthnate 9y agoThe british were by far the largest atlantic slave traders and the american colonies were largest market to ship slaves to. Once they lost the colonies, they lost their largest slave market and switched to anti-slave trade to punish the US and also to hurt the french slave markets as well. They even ran blockades against the US and french to keep slaves from markets and starve the economies of slaves. Pretty interesting how self-interest and economics drove american/british views on slavery back then.