Talk:Liverpool slave trade

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The whole article reads oddly. It starts with "Liverpool slave traders were able to supply fabric from Manchester to the Caribbean islands at very competitive prices" which presumably should say to Africa. Indeed it makes no mention of the triangular basis of the Atlantic slave trade, which meant few if any slaves actually came to Liverpool.-17:01, 21 January 2022 (UTC)

Street names

Streets are named after people for many reasons. Perhaps a person was the local politician, a merchant, an academic, or an aristocrat. Perhaps some were also slave traders, but that could be incidental to the reason a street was named after them. If the article were about Liverpool in general, the paragraph would probably say that the streets were named after prominent citizens. Since this article is about the slave trade, there has to be a direct connection. For example, a name such as Benin Street or Africa Square might allude specifically to the slave trade. Anything else might be just coincidence. I don't think a citation needed flag is sufficient on this so I'm going to add something to cover the section entirely.

Humpster (talk) 05:18, 22 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed by rewriting.

Humpster (talk) 12:40, 22 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]