The Clapham Sect now calls for the…

1833 CE

The Clapham Sect now calls for the United Kingdom to use its influence and power to stop the traffic of slaves to Brazil.

Besides moral qualms, the low cost of slave-produced Brazilian sugar has meant that British colonies in the West Indies have been unable to match the market prices of Brazilian sugar, and each Briton was consuming sixteen pounds (seven kilograms) of sugar a year by the nineteenth century.

This combination leads to intensive pressure from the British government for Brazil to end this practice, which it will do by steps over the next several decades.

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Industrial Revolution, First View →

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