AIMS:
 To identify the role of the Slave Trade in developing
British ports such as Liverpool and Bristol.
SUCCESS CRITERIA
 You can explain why some ports were so successful
during the slave trade.
 You can outline 2 benefits to Liverpool as a result of
being involved in the slave trade.
 In 1770 around 100,000
slaves were carried to the
New World from Africa
and around half of these
were British ships.
 The British were hugely
involved in the Slave
trade, more so than any
other nation in the late
1700s.
 In 1771 there were 4 main slaving ports in the UK. The
table below shows the number of ships and slaves they
carried for the year 1771.
Port
Number of Ships
Slaves
Liverpool
107
29,250
London
58
8,136
Bristol
23
8,810
Lancaster
4
950
London, Liverpool and Bristol accounted for over
90% of British involvement in the slave trade.
 Collect a map of the UK.
 On your map locate and label
the main British Slaving ports
– LIVERPOOL
LONDON
BRISTOL
LANCASTER
 You can use an atlas to help.
BBC - Learning Zone Class Clips
- John Hawkins and the Slave
Trade - History Video
Why were these ports so
successful?
 With a partner, discuss what you think might be
important for a slave port to be successful?
 Think about GEOGRAPHY, ACCESS TO
MANUFACTURED GOODS and NUMBER OF
MERCHANTS (buyers and sellers of goods).
London, Bristol
and Liverpool had
easy access to the
Atlantic
There were large
number of
merchants in
these ports who
were keen to
make money
from Slavery.
The
Success
of
British
Ports
These ports had
access to goods
which were in
high demand in
West Africa such
as metals, guns
and textiles
Copy this
diagram
into your
notes
These ports had
good facilities for
the deep sea
vessels needed for
slave trading
 It is estimated that the port of Liverpool made around
£300,000 profit each year from the slave trade. The rest of
Britain's ports approximately made the same.
 This combined sum would be worth about £300 million
today.
 Clearly profits from the slave trade made some people and
cities very wealthy indeed. BBC - Learning Zone Class
Clips - Scotland and the slave trade - History Video
 You will now be issued with further information on
how Liverpool benefitted from the slave trade and
tasks to complete.