Title: Triangular Trade ***
Headings: Triangular Trade
Triangular Trade
Triangular Trade

Content: Enslaved Africans became part of the international trade network of the period used extensively by the Spanish and the Portuguese in the Americas. The English became involved with the Slave Trade and the pattern of Triangular Trade across the Atlantic was formed. Sir John Hawkins is often considered to be the pioneer of the British slave trade, because he was the first to run the Triangular trade route across the Atlantic, making a profit at every stop. Leg 1: Ships from England would go to Africa carrying iron products, cloth, trinkets and beads, guns and ammunition. The ships traded these goods for slaves, gold and spices (pepper)
Leg 2: Ships from Africa would go to the American Colonies via the route known as the 'Middle Passage'. The slaves were exchanged for goods from the Americas, destined for the Slave Plantations
Leg 3: Ships from the Americas would then take raw materials back to England. The English would use the raw materials to make 'finished goods'
And the same process would start all over again...
The Slave Trade starting in Africa
Triangular Trade - Goods from England
The goods that needed to be brought into the colonies from England included manufactured products such as guns, cloth, furniture and tools.