Who benefited from Transatlantic slave trade?
Shows who gained or lost, and who disputes a study that says so, in the words of whoever says it.
Not that anyone caused it.
A connection is not evidence of wrongdoing.
Each account
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According to Black Beyond Data
- Lloyd’s of London benefited from Scholarship & press 123
Lost. No account in our sources says who lost.
Proof 3 sources
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Lloyd’s Ledgers Reveal Key Role in 18th-Century Slave Trade, The Maritime Executive, 9 Nov 2023.
Scholarship & press
“Lloyd’s was quite central, we can see, to the maintenance of the Atlantic slave trade, and also profited,”
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Lloyd’s to Invest $65M in Regions Affected by Transatlantic Slave Trade, Reuters, via Carrier Management, 8 Nov 2023.
Scholarship & press
Historians estimate between one- and two-thirds of the British marine insurance market was based on the slave trade in the 18th century.
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Update: Lloyd’s of London Apologizes for Its ‘Shameful’ Role in Atlantic Slave Trade, Reuters, via Insurance Journal, 18 Jun 2020.
Scholarship & press
Slaves were seen as cargo by the insurance market of the time and generally included in the general insurance rate.
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