USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The rum trade became part of a “triangular trade” between New England, the West Indies, and the African Gold Coast that maintained the prosperity of the northern colonies throughout the eighteenth century. In this triangular trade, molasses was sent to New England, rum to Africa, and slaves to the West Indies.

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: -Mercantilism led to the emergence of what’s been called the “triangular trade”: a system of exchange in which Europe supplied Africa and the Americas with finished goods, the Americas supplied Europe and Africa with raw materials, and Africa supplied the Americas with enslaved laborers.

Detailed explanation-4: -The ‘Triangular Trade’ was the sailing route taken by British slave traders. It was a journey of three stages. A British ship carrying trade goods set sail from Britain, bound for West Africa. At first some people were captured and enslaved directly by the British traders.

Detailed explanation-5: -The triangular trade refers to a model for economic exchange among three markets. Historically, the triangular trade among Europe, West Africa and the New World ran on the backs of millions of enslaved people.