LIFE IN ANTEBELLUM AMERICA 1807 1861
SLAVERY IN AMERICA COTTON SLAVE TRADE AND THE SOUTHERN RESPONSE
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The ship route that only brought enslaved people from Africa to the Americas
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A triangular trade route that carried enslaved Africans, cash crops, and goods between Africa, the Caribbean, and the American colonies
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A triangular trade route that included the exchange of goods between the Old World and the New World
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The ship route that brought tobacco and citrus fruit from the West Coast of the U.S. to the continent of Asia
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Detailed explanation-1: -The transatlantic slave trade was essentially a triangular route from Europe to Africa, to the Americas and back to Europe. On the first leg, merchants exported goods to Africa in return for enslaved Africans, gold, ivory and spices.
Detailed explanation-2: -three stages of the so-called triangular trade, in which arms, textiles, and wine were shipped from Europe to Africa, enslaved people from Africa to the Americas, and sugar and coffee from the Americas to Europe.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Triangle Slave Trade and Its Three Legs Once the British got into the act, their trade route became known as the Triangle trade because it typically involved three legs: A journey from the British Isles to West Africa, carrying brandy, guns and other goods to be exchanged for captives.
Detailed explanation-4: -Rum and manufactured goods taken by New World merchants to Africa were sold in exchange for enslaved people. These slaves were taken to the New World and sold. Slavers used the proceeds to buy mahogany and molasses, and the cycle continued onward.