North America, Europe, and Africa.
It was the trade between the Americas, Europe and Africa. Triangular = 3 ; there are 3 continents involved.
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Triangular trade
What is the 3 main countries who were involved in the slave trade?
The general term for this is "triangular trade".
The triangular trade route was between 3 points in the Alantic world, the Americas, The West Indies, and Africa.
The three legs of the Triangular Trade in Africa were: The first leg involved European merchants traveling to Africa to trade goods such as textiles, weapons, and alcohol in exchange for slaves. The second leg involved the transportation of enslaved Africans to the Americas (mainly the Caribbean and North America) on the infamous Middle Passage. The final leg involved the return voyage to Europe with valuable products like sugar, cotton, and tobacco produced by enslaved Africans on plantations in the Americas.
The triangular trade, which involved the exchange of goods, slaves, and resources between Europe, Africa, and the Americas, had various effects on these continents. It led to economic growth and the development of industries in Europe, the exploitation and suffering of African slaves, and the expansion and wealth accumulation in the American colonies. Overall, it contributed to the interconnectedness of these regions while perpetuating inequality and exploitation.
Generically a triangular trade ships Product A (from Country 1) to Country 2 where it is traded for Product B which is shipped to Country 3 and exchanged for Product C (which is shipped back to Country 1).
It was called the Middle Passage and part of the triangular trade route. They were onboard ships for at least 3 months before arriving at places like the Charleston slave market.
The reason it was called this was because of the trade route used for slavery. Ships went to Africa to pick up slaves from local tribes then travelled to America to sell the slaves to plantation where they picked up crops such as tobacco & sugar, then crossed the Atlantic again to sell the goods in London. If you plot these 3 countries and the route travelled on a map you create a triangle. Hence the Golden Triangle or triangle trade route.
The reason why the triangular trade was so important is beacause of what happend during the time of what was going on. The triangular trade had 3 journeys, it started at britain then went along to South Africa then North America. They picked up African slaves from South Africa and brought them to North America where the slaves worked to make crops EG; Tea and cotton.