Question: What effect did British rule have on the slave trade during the age of new imperialism?
Answer: The slave trade was banned in Britain and in all of its colonies and the British faced significant obstacles in their attempts to control the slave trade.
Explanation: Until the 19th century, Britain and other European powers found and centered their imperial ambitions in Africa, where they could apply with force their economic and military influence. The British centered their attention in the West African coast, where they worked around lucrative slave trade. An abolitionist is a person committed to ending slavery globally and by the early 19th century, an abolitionist movement in the Atlantic world had obtained the abolishment of slave trade in Great Britain and later on in the broader Atlantic world. Abolitionist history is a triumph of European human rights but the truth is that the abolitionist movement was not only humanitarian but also colonial and an imperialist endeavor. Imperialists believed in the need and benefit of establishing colonies oversea, while creating an empire in the process.
