SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
RISE OF THE SLAVE TRADE BLACK HISTORY IN COLONIAL AMERICA
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England to Africa, Africa to the Americas, the Americas back to England.
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China to North America, North America to India, India back to China.
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England to South America, South America to China, China back to England.
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South America to England, England to India, India back to South America.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Atlantic slave trade used a system of three-way trans-Atlantic exchanges – known historically as the triangular trade – which operated between Europe, Africa, and the Americas from the 16th to 19th centuries.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Triangular Trade network originated in the home country of Great Britain. Ships would sail south to Africa, then across the Atlantic Ocean to the Caribbean or New England. The triangle would be completed by returning to Great Britain from either of these locations.
Detailed explanation-3: -The trip from Africa to the Americas was called the Middle Passage. In the Middle Passage hundreds of slaves were packed tightly into ships. Conditions were horrible.
Detailed explanation-4: -A brief introduction to the slave trade and its abolition On the first leg, merchants exported goods to Africa in return for enslaved Africans, gold, ivory and spices. The ships then travelled across the Atlantic to the American colonies where the Africans were sold for sugar, tobacco, cotton and other produce.
Detailed explanation-5: -The triangle, involving three continents, was complete. European capital, African labour and American land and resources combined to supply a European market.