SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
RISE OF THE SLAVE TRADE BLACK HISTORY IN COLONIAL AMERICA
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Slaves were transported
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European Goods were brought to Africa
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European goods were brought to Americas
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The first leg of the triangle was from a European port to one in West Africa (then known as the “Slave Coast"), in which ships carried supplies for sale and trade, such as copper, cloth, trinkets, slave beads, guns and ammunition. When the ship arrived, its cargo would be sold or bartered for slaves.
Detailed explanation-2: -The first stage of the Triangular Trade involved taking manufactured goods from Europe to Africa: cloth, spirit, tobacco, beads, cowrie shells, metal goods, and guns. The guns were used to help expand empires and obtain more slaves (until they were finally used against European colonizers).
Detailed explanation-3: -’European trading had a transforming impact on Africa. Europeans poured into Africa enormous volumes of commerce, the whole range of European manufactured goods and hardware, notably firearms, luxury goods (especially alcohol) and transhipped items from Asia (particularly textiles).
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.