Around 1750, the British mainland American colonies ... Each year 3,500 black captives arrived from Africa or the Caribbean. Nearly 1 in 5 Americans, or 300,000 people, were enslaved.

King Tegbesu made £250,000 a year selling people into slavery in 1750. King Gezo said in the ... He has done a great deal of harm to the people of Africa. I have studied history and I know ...

In 1730, 15 Liverpool slave ships headed toward Africa; in 1799, 134 ships made the voyage. Although some voyages reaped huge profits -- the ship "Lively" made a profit of 300% in 1737 -- the ...