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Slavery made the plantation owners rich. Africans were a great source of cheap labor. However they were treated horribly.http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/ism/slavery/archaeology/caribbean/
Slaves were kept in the West Indies to grow and harvest sugar and molesses.
Well during the English colonial period during the thirteen colonies there was the Triangular trade routes which would have west indies selling molasses to the colonies then the molasses would be made into rum then the rum would be sold to Africa forslaves sorum and slaves
When Christopher Columbus discovered the Carrebean (West Indies) he thought he had found the west of India.
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It was called the Middle Passage . When Africans were carried overseas to the colonies and the West Indies
enslaved africans
the enslaved africans would be taken to the colonies
The Middle Passage
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Goods and raw material was brought from the west indies to the colonies.
The first colonists were English settlers, wealthy landowners from the west indies, and enslaved Africans.
Africa received man-made goods from Britain such as guns and ammunition
D. Sugar, Coins, Molasses, and enslaved africans
D. Sugar, Coins, Molasses, and enslaved africans
The "middle passage" or second leg was where the slaves were transported to the west indies. There enslaved Africans were exchanged for sugar, molasses, and other products.