Originally Posted by
Waterways
It was not. The slave triangle was three sided, with slaves being only one. Then there was the all the other non-African/American trade as well.
You don't think absolutely everyone knows that? Do you think it absolved those involved because slaves didn't come into Liverpool, although they were transported in Liverpool ships to work in southern states, to produce cheap cotton to be ship back to Liverpool? Grow up.
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Anyway...
The slave trade ended with the abolition of 1807. Liverpool's 'great buildings' are largely 19th or even 20th century, so if we could just move on...
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