1759-1807: The Îles de Los (Loos) became a significant site for the embarkation of captives, with the trade almost entirely dominated by British and French m…

1759-1807: The Îles de Los (Loos) became a significant site for the embarkation of captives, with the trade almost entirely dominated by British and French merchants. Liverpool merchants managed the largest share of the British traffic from this location, landing an unusually high number of enslaved people at the islands of Grenada and Dominica. French vessels operating in the region focused their efforts on supplying the lucrative sugar plantations of Saint-Domingue. In the 1790s, vessels from the newly independent United States also began to participate in the trade at this coastal station.