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McLean's Essay: Trade, Transportation, and Human Rights in the 1800s How many people were addicted to opium in China in the 19th Century? How many hours of work did it take to turn a five month journey into a five day trip? How many slaves were traded in the 400 years of slave trade? It took a million addicts to get open walls, 30,660 to turn five months into five days of travel, and more than twelve million slaves before freedom. Trade, transportation, and human rights were all significant themes in the 1800's around the world. Most countries like to trade like the British, but others hated the idea. China was one of these countries. The Chinese officials hated trading for one main reason, and that was control. The Chinese didn't want any western ideas to reach their people because they thought if their people heard about freedom, their people would fight to get it. The Chinese only allowed one port, and the people on the ships weren't allowed to get off the...