The same applies to the American Industrial Revolution: The British opium smuggling and the Industrial Revolution are interconnected in several ways: Financial Capital : The profits gained from the opium trade provided significant financial capital for British merchants and inve ...
西印度公司 奴隶 --东印度 鸦片换茶叶 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_West_India_Company given jurisdiction over Dutch participation in the Atlantic slave trade , Brazil, the Caribbean, and North America. The area where the company could operate consisted of West Africa (betwe ...