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How towns near Liverpool expanded - Effects of slavery

As Liverpool grew , so the towns and cities that were close to the port also grew . For example , cotton was shipped through Liverpool . From here it was sent to the new factories of nearby Lancashire where  it was spun and woven creating thousands of jobs for  working-class families
there . The wages that these families earned enabled people to enjoy some of the new pleasures in
life , like chocolate and sugar .

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