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In 1807 with the slave trade act and carried on in 1833 with the abolition of slavery within the british empire itself, and then to suppression of slave trading in the atlantic and also the indian ocean. and also that britain entered into these mutual right of search treaties with most other nations in the world. a lot has been made of the impact of slavery on economies around the world, whole industries that would not have existed without this sort of labour. but talk to me about the impact that it had on east africa. the 18205, a plantation economy emerged in zanzibar. so zanzibar became the world s biggest producer of clothes. and in order to do that, they required slaves. so the slaves were used to produce clothes and coconuts. the problem, the economic aspect to it was that it s been beneficial for the plantation economy, but not very beneficial for where the slaves were sourced.
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