<P> The first wet dock in Britain was built in Liverpool and completed in 1715 . It was the first commercial enclosed wet dock in the world and was constructed for a capacity of 100 ships . By the close of the 18th century 40 % of the world 's , and 80 % of Britain 's Atlantic slave activity was accounted for by slave ships that voyaged from the docks at Liverpool . Liverpool 's black community dates from the building of the first dock in 1715 and grew rapidly , reaching a population of 10,000 within five years . This growth led to the opening of the Consulate of the United States in Liverpool in 1790 , its first consulate anywhere in the world . </P>
<P> The first wet dock in Britain was built in Liverpool and completed in 1715 . It was the first commercial enclosed wet dock in the world and was constructed for a capacity of 100 ships . By the close of the 18th century 40 % of the world 's , and 80 % of Britain 's Atlantic slave activity was accounted for by slave ships that voyaged from the docks at Liverpool . Liverpool 's black community dates from the building of the first dock in 1715 and grew rapidly , reaching a population of 10,000 within five years . This growth led to the opening of the Consulate of the United States in Liverpool in 1790 , its first consulate anywhere in the world . </P>
what did liverpool have to do with the slave trade
what did liverpool have to do with the slave trade
By the close of the 18th century 40 % of the world 's , and 80 % of Britain 's Atlantic slave activity was accounted for by slave ships that voyaged from the docks at Liverpool
By the close of the 18th century 40 % of the world 's , and 80 % of Britain 's Atlantic slave activity was accounted for by slave ships that voyaged from the docks at Liverpool