SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
RISE OF THE SLAVE TRADE BLACK HISTORY IN COLONIAL AMERICA
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European factories, America
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sugar plantations, Europe
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American manufacturers, Africa
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African manufacturers, Europe
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Detailed explanation-1: -Molasses was important in triangular trade. In the triangular trade, slave traders from New England would bring rum to Africa, and in return, they would purchase enslaved Africans.
Detailed explanation-2: -It is called the Triangle Trade because the routes the ships took – between Rhode Island, Africa, and the West Indies-formed a triangle. A ship might begin in Rhode Island with a cargo of rum. From Rhode Island it sailed to the coast of Africa where its cargo of rum was traded for captured Africans.
Detailed explanation-3: -The triangular trade was not a route, but a strategy for making trade among distant markets easier and more profitable.) At the same time, a different triangular trade route arose between New England, West Africa, and Central America and the Caribbean islands that lay east of it.
Detailed explanation-4: -Each continent was undeniably impacted by this triangular trade network. Millions of Africans were captured and sent across the world. To defend themselves against enslavers, African kingdoms purchased European firearms, which they could only pay for with other enslaved people.