There were many economic benefits to the triangular slave trade that took place in the West Indies. Slaves were picked up from Africa and sold in the American Colonies. From there, slave traders took cotton and tobacco and sold it in Europe. Then, from Europe, they would have gathered rum and textiles to sell to Africa in exchange for slaves, and so on.
Africans from Africa to the west Indies and north America
It was called 'the middle passage'
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.
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The middle passage of the triangular trade was the when millions of people were taken from Africa and taken to the new world as part of the Atlantic Slave Trade. ships left Europe for their African markets or manufactured goods where the traded bought or kidnapped Africans.
Slaves, sugar, molasses, and fruit went from the West Indies to England in the Triangular Trade.
Triangular Trade
The Triangular Trade is a route between America The Indies and Britain from which slaves were crammed on ships to be sold in America.
Triangular trade
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The triangular trade involved the sale of rum molasses and slaves among the ports of New England, Africa, and the West Indies.
The Triangular Trade is a route between America The Indies and Britain from which slaves were crammed on ships to be sold in America.
In the triangular trade, slaves were traded for goods such as textiles, alcohol, firearms, and other manufactured goods in Africa. These goods were then transported to the Americas to be traded for enslaved Africans.
Africans from Africa to the west Indies and north America
triangular trade
goods, slaves, and commodities between Europe, Africa, and the Americas during the 16th to 19th centuries. Europe sent manufactured goods to Africa, where they were exchanged for slaves who were then transported to the Americas to work on plantations. The products from the plantations, such as sugar, tobacco, and cotton, were then sent back to Europe.
The middle passage from Africa to the West Indies. This picked up slaves in Africa and then sold them for goods such as rice, silver and cotton when it arrived in the West Indies.