Liverpool merchants funded slave voyages from Africa, leading to the shipment of enslaved people from English ports to Jamaica.
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Updated Aug 11
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What happened
Liverpool merchants funded slave voyages from Africa, leading to the shipment of enslaved people from English ports to Jamaica.
Who's involved
What this event is mainly aboutHow it developed
Newest first. Tap a step to see who reported it.- A slave ship carrying coerced labor was headed towards Jamaican accounts.Sub-event
Details the role of Liverpool merchants and English ports in the transatlantic slave trade to Jamaica.1 source
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The entities involved
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Africa
continent
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England
country in north-west Europe, part of the United Kingdom
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Jamaica
island state in the Caribbean Sea
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