Slaves resisted through passive resistance, working slowly., Slaves resisted through continuing African traditions and languages., Ships would leave the West Indies to return to the UK with slave produced goods like cotton., During the middle passage slaves were transported to the West Indies. They were kept chained up in awful conditions., Banks grew in Britain as they were needed to offer loans to merchants., Shipbuilders boomed in Britain and provided lots of jobs building and refitting ships for use in the slave trade, Britain's manufacturing industry ( cotton, glass beads, guns, pots and pans) grew as they made goods which were in demand in Africa., Slaves resisted by launching physical attacks on their owners or arson attacks, The government made lots of money by taxing merchants on slave produced products, Ships arrived on the West Coast of Africa and visited slave factories where they traded goods for slaves, In the West Indies slaves would be sold at auction., The Thomas made £24,000 profit in one sailing, Slaves would resist on plantations by deliberately breaking tools so that work could not get done.

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