WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -early merchants prospered in the triangular trade of rum, molasses, and slaves between New England, Africa, and the West Indies.

Detailed explanation-3: -Ships carried sugar and molasses from the plantation colonies of the Ca-ribbean to New England where colonists distilled it into rum. Merchants then shipped this rum to Africa where it was exchanged for slaves, who were carried back to the Caribbean to produce more sugar.

Detailed explanation-4: -The main items traded were gold and salt. The gold mines of West Africa made empires such as Ghana and Mali very wealthy. Other commonly traded items included ivory, cloth, slaves, metal goods, and beads. Major cities developed as trade centers.