Who Benefited From The Industrial Revolution

Much of my family on my mothers’ side originated in Great Britain, my great-great-grandparents were born in the early 1840’s when Great Britain had finished making the transition from agriculture to manufacturing. The Industrial Revolution made Great Britain one of the most powerful and resourceful empires. It was from the success of steam railways and ships that allowed Britain to have control over incoming and outgoing cargo; resulting in the domination of world trade. With power came an immense need for manual labor, to achieve and maintain a continuous flow of profit for the British empire. Great Britain benefited from the slave trade as it helped aid in fueling the Industrial Revolution. Unfortunately, many slaves that worked on the colonies