I basically know nothing about the industrial revolution. All prior knowledge is what can be guessed from the name, and vague memories of a children's book I had in 3rd grade with one page on it. Basically, what I know about the Industrial revolution is that it was when a lot of manufacturing picked up, lots of new industries were started, tons of coal was burned and there was a lot of pollution.
My knowledge about the slave trade is also slightly sparse. Here is the little that I know:
European slavers went to Africa, and captured (usually though trickery) people, whom they crammed onto boats with unsanitary conditions to take back to Europe. Families were usually split up, slaves mistreated from the moment they were captured, and humans were essentially possessions. The slave trade had a lot of economical value, not only for the slavers, but also for those who bought the slaves, because they could force them to work for hours on end, and never pay them, which is why it took so long for slavery to be abolished completely in many places.
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