By the 18th century, 45,000 Africans are transported annually on British ships. 1700s: Almost half of the slaves coming to North America arrive in Charleston. Many stay in South Carolina to work ...

Since the 17th century, the British-owned East India Company had controlled ... It spread from the Americas to include colonies in Africa, Asia and Australasia. During this time Britain lost ...

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