Slave Trade Triangle Map
What is the slave trade triangle?
A trading system that operated from the late 16th to early 19th century, carrying slaves, cash, crops, and manufactured goods between the Caribbean, Charlton, and European.
What is the first passage?
The Atlantic slave trade involved the transportation of enslaved African people, mainly from Africa to America.
What is the middle passage?
Africans were taken to the Caribbean and sold. They were bartered for a shipload of cotton and tobacco.
What is the third passage?
All the cotton, tobacco and other products are put back on to the ships and sent to Europe, Once the ships get to Europe they are sold. Then more guns and weapons are purchased
Good work Aseem. Do you know how long it took for the ships to go from Africa to the Caribbean?
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