Bristol’s West Indian slave trade dwarfed its other commerce combined

Evidence

In 1788, to Bristol, which had preceded Liverpool in the slave trade, “The West Indian trade was worth … twice as much as all her other overseas commerce combined.” — Cedric J. Robinson, Black Marxism_ The Making of the Black…, 569

Categorization

• CANDY: A striking single statistic — the slave trade was worth double all of Bristol’s other overseas trade combined.
• XREF: connects to: The slave trade financed Britain’s industrial revolution while underdeveloping Africa’s economies — Cedric J. Robinson, Black Marxism_ The Making of the Black…, 600; Slave-created colonial wealth financed British commercial and industrial growth; Sugar cultivation’s labor hunger drove the English slave trade to Africa — Cedric J. Robinson, Black Marxism_ The Making of the Black…, 589 (+3 more)
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: The slave trade financed Britain’s industrial revolution while underdeveloping Africa’s economies — Cedric J. Robinson, Black Marxism_ The Making of the Black…, 600; Slave-created colonial wealth financed British commercial and industrial growth; Sugar cultivation’s labor hunger drove the English slave trade to Africa — Cedric J. Robinson, Black Marxism_ The Making of the Black…, 589 (+3 more)