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GUNS-FOR-SLAVES : T TH HE 18 CENTURY BRITISH SLAVE TRADE IN AFRICA* WARREN C. WHATLEY DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS AND CENTER FOR AFROAMERICAN AND AFRICAN STUDIES UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN 48103 WWHATLET@UMICH .EDU V.2 AUGUST 15, 2008 ABSTRACT The transatlantic slave trade was a triangular trade that touched Europe, Africa and the Americas. The elasticity of supply of enslaved Africans is at the center of our understanding of each of these episodes. It helps explain the structure and scale of early Atlantic trade;