7 févr. 1650 - Slave Trade

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Trade of African slaves around the world for their unpaid labor. Caused mostly by the European founding of Africa and its people. Once Europeans found Africa, they began using African people for work and traded them. The slave trade impacted British economy in a good way because they were able to expand the trade that they were dominant in to the new world. Also, slaves were the main workforce that contributed to mercantilism.