WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -In African ports, European traders exchanged metals, cloth, beads, guns, and ammunition for captive Africans brought to the coast from the African interior, primarily by African traders. Many captives died just during the long overland journeys from the interior to the coast.

Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -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.

Detailed explanation-4: -As part of the Triangular Trade, rum made from Caribbean molasses was shipped from New England to Europe and from New England to Africa. Gold and silver bullion were generally the wares that European traders exchanged for slaves in Africa.