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Delicious77 [7]
3 years ago
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Why was the slave trade so profitable?

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1 answer:
zhannawk [14.2K]3 years ago
6 0
By far the most financially profitable West Indian colonies in 1800 belonged to Britain. The handful of British individuals who became planters made small fortunes. This advantage was reinforced when France lost its most important colony, Saint Dominigue (now Haiti), to a slave revolt in 1791.

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