1663: A Virginia court decides that a child born to a slave mother is also a slave ... 45,000 Africans are transported annually on British ships. 1700s: Almost half of the slaves coming to ...

The slave trade stimulated British manufacturing and industry through the demand for goods such as plantation utensils and clothing needed for enslaved people and estates. The African historian ...

Today marks an important date in British history. The Abolition of the Slave Trade Act passed through parliament on March 25 ...