Slavery in Britain existed even before the Roman period from AD 43 to AD 410, and the practice endured in various forms in British controlled territories until the 18th century. English merchants, especially from the ports of Liverpool, London and Bristol, were a significant part of the Transatlantic slave trade, until the Slave Trade Act 1807 prohibited the Atlantic slave trade in the British Empire.
Slavery in Britain existed even before the Roman period from AD 43 to AD 410, and the practice endured in various forms in British controlled territories until the 18th century. English merchants, especially from the ports of Liverpool, London and Bristol, were a significant part of the Transatlantic slave trade, until the Slave Trade Act 1807 prohibited the Atlantic slave trade in the British Empire.
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