The slave trade stimulated British manufacturing and industry through ... of the profits from its sugar plantations. The West India Interest was formed in the 1740s when British merchants joined ...

In Jamaica, the abolition of slavery in 1833 had not actually ... Since the 17th century, the British-owned East India Company had controlled large parts of India. In 1838 there was terrible ...

Incidences of slavery were found in all 167 countries in the index, but 58 per cent was concentrated in just five nations. They included China, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Uzbekistan, although India ...

here are some pictures reflecting the disappointing state of slavery in India even 68 years after it came out of the clutches of the British rule: ...

Slavery or de facto slavery was standard ... There is really nothing redeeming about the abusive British occupation of India, ...

The British clearly owe a lot of their material success to India. And not just its wealthiest, many of whom trace their wealth back to slavery and colonialism, Britain’s new middle class ...

Slavery or de facto slavery ... it lifted the standards of living—not in India, at least," said one user. Another commented, ...