Surprising facts about the slave trade
1. The obstacle to abolition was not the economic system, but an industry lobby.I had always imagined the British abolitionist movement to be a broad battle between an unstoppable moral imperative and an immovable economic incentive. But in practice it started as more of a knife fight between a cabal of moral pioneers and a special interest group representing industry merchants.The government and the political parties did not come in with any great agenda. MPs were mostly prizes in a furious con
By Joseph Miller