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    The Triangle Trade  

    Atlantic Slave Trade​ - one of Triangular Trade​ - A system in Middle Passage​ - The “ middle
    the biggest forced migrations in which slaves, crops, and passage” was the part of
    history. Millions of Africans manufactured goods were Triangle Trade which brought
    were deported to the American traded between Africa, the the slaves from west africa to
    continent and sold as slaves. Americas, and Europe. the west indies.

    In order to establish profitable colonies, European countries needed a


    large supply of labor. Europeans enslaved indigenous people, but
    because many indigenous populations were decimated by European
    disease and violence,
    indigenous slavery did not
    meet the labor demands of
    the colonies.
    In the 16th century,
    Europeans began
    purchasing enslaved
    Africans from West African
    traders. The forced labor of
    Africans proved hugely
    profitable for Europe and its
    colonies. Slave owners didn’t pay their slaves and the
    lifelong hereditary nature of slavery guaranteed new
    generations of free labor. In order to maximize profits for slave owners, working conditions for slaves
    in the colonies
    were often
    atrocious. After
    arrival in the
    Americas the
    enslaved Africans
    had to adapt to
    new foods, new
    languages, and
    (possibly) a new
    climate. Slaves
    retained parts of
    their African
    culture despite the
    hardships for
    them in the
    Americas.
    Over the
    course of the next
    four centuries, it is
    estimated that
    more than 12.5
    million Africans were taken
    from Africa. Due to the brutal
    conditions on the trip to the
    Americas, historians estimate
    that only 10.7 million of the
    captives survived. The vast
    majority of those slaves were
    taken to European colonies in
    South America and the
    Caribbean. The most recent
    estimates suggest that less
    than 400,000 slaves were
    taken directly from Africa to
    the present-day United States.
    The Portuguese, British,
    French, Spanish, & Dutch
    were the main slave traders.
    The slave trade
    drastically changed African societies. In the centuries before the Atlantic Slave Trade mutually
    beneficial intercontinental trade was an important part of African states, economies. Many of these
    relationships were replaced by the slave trade. In Africa, the slave trade destabilized the states,
    created economic
    depressions, and led to wars.
    The Atlantic Slave
    Trade was part of a larger
    economic system known as
    the Triangular Trade that
    connected three continents.
    European traders would
    transport enslaved Africans to
    European colonies in the
    Americas, where the slaves
    would work to produce
    various agricultural goods,
    including sugar, cotton, and
    tobacco. Those raw goods
    were then shipped back to
    Europe in order to be turned
    into manufactured goods. European traders would subsequently trade those goods with West African
    slave traders for more kidnapped Africans, and the cycle would continue. It is important to note that
    there various exceptions to this basic outline. For instance, European manufactured good were also
    sold to colonies in the Americas. Similarly, sugar produced in the Caribbean was sold in New England
    and Rum produced in the Americas was sold in Africa.
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    The Triangle Trade


    1. Why did Europeans need a large labor force in the colonies?

    2. Why did enslaving the Native People fail?

    3. How did Europeans replace Native Slaves?

    4. Why is Triangular Trade called Triangle Trade?

    5. What is the middle passage?

    6. How did slavery change African culture in Africa?

    7. How did slavery affect the culture of Africans in the Americas?

    8. Were there exceptions to the Triangle Trade pattern? Give examples.

    9. Which of the motives for exploration related most closely to Triangle Trade? Why?

    10. What part of the Triangle Trade does


    the map to the right show? Why are
    more slaves being transported to some
    places over others?

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