liverpool Flashcards
(8 cards)
1
Q
what did the first dock being built allow?
A
cotton, cloth and other goods to be imported/ expoorted around the world
2
Q
what did the docks become prominent as?
A
the largest slave port in the atlantic world
3
Q
how much trade has passed through the liverpool docks?
A
40%
4
Q
what does liverpool have?
A
one of the oldest black communities in europe
5
Q
what community was established?
A
a small community of lascars
6
Q
who began arriving in the 1850s?
A
chinese sailors as a result of trade, silk, cotton and teabetween liverpool, shanghai and hong kong
7
Q
what did chinese sailors set up?
A
shops, cafes, boarding houses
8
Q
why did the irish come to england?
A
about 1.3 sailed there as a result of potato famine
