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a. Ship building: ship building technology improved the building of larger ships with greater capacity for cargo such as slaves. Notable ports where ship building took place was Bristol and Liverpool
b. Merchants: trade was profitable and lucrative to merchants. Profits were reinvested in the trade which made it flourish
c. Rivalry: there was rivalry among the European nations to control the trade. The Portuguese controlled the trade before being overthrown by the British.
d. Raw materials: the increase in demand for raw materials by European industries resulted in an increase in demand for slaves. This is because raw materials such as labor were produced by slave labor
e. Plantations and mines: the establishment of planation and mines in the new lands increased the demand for slaves
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