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Middle passage.
American plantation owners wanted cheap labour
In the triangular trade route, there were 3 main points of trading- Africa, Europe, and America. Manufactured goods went from Europe to Africa, slaves went from Africa to the Americas, and luxury goods from the Americas to Europe.
New England sent distilled rum to West Africa in exchange for slaves. West Africa sent slaves to the West Indies in exchange for molasses. The West Indies sent the molasses back to New England, to repeat the cycle.
Africa. West African slaves were brought to the West Indies from the sixteenth to the nineteenth centuries.
Middle Passage
to be their slaves
Africa.
From Europe, they brought textiles, run and manufactured good to Africa. From Africa, they bought slaves or simply took people and made them slaves, and brought them to the Americas. From the Americas, the Europeans brought back the sugar, tobacco and cotton.
Most slaves traveled from Africa to the Americas as part of the Triangular Trade route. They were forcibly transported across the Atlantic Ocean to work on plantations and in mines in the Americas.
The passage where slaves were traded was called the "Transatlantic slave trade" or simply the "slave trade." It was a horrific practice where millions of Africans were captured, transported, and sold as slaves to the Americas from the 16th to the 19th centuries.
The Middle Passage
Africa and the Americas
The slaves were taken from Africa, back to the Americas of Europe
The triangular trade connected Europe, Africa, and the Americas. Europe traded manufactured goods to Africa, Africa traded slaves to the Americas, and the Americas traded raw materials back to Europe.
Africa, Europe, and the Americas took part in the triangular trade. Africa supplied slaves to the Americas, the Americas provided raw materials to Europe, and Europe traded finished goods to Africa.
Africa - Southern USA - England
The triangle trade involved Europe, Africa, and the Americas. Europe provided manufactured goods to Africa, Africa supplied slaves to the Americas, and the Americas sent raw materials and goods back to Europe.