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Origins of the Atlantic slave trade
Britain became involved in the slave trade for money, land and power. Early on in the 1500s, Spain and Portugal had begun trading in slaves, but England saw the potential economic opportunities, and quickly established sugar and cotton plantations in the colonies.
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