Title: The Atlantic Triangular Trade: Everything you Need to Know
Headings: The Atlantic Triangular Trade: Everything you Need to Know
The Atlantic Triangular Trade: Everything you Need to Know
Contents
What is a triangular trade?
What is the Atlantic Triangular trade
When did the Atlantic triangular trade start?
What are the three parts of the triangular trade?
The first leg of the triangular trade
The second leg of the triangular trade
The third leg of the triangular trade
Triangular trade middle passage
Myths about the Atlantic Slave trade
References
Bibliography

Content: Thus, the Atlantic Triangular trade exchanged raw materials such as sugar, tobacco, rice or cotton in England in exchange form manufactured goods such as guns, beads or cloths, which in turn were exchanged in Africa for slaves, that were then exchanged for the aforementioned in America. Keep on reading for an in-depth historical explanation of the Atlantic triangular slave trade. When did the Atlantic triangular trade start? The Atlantic triangular slave trade started in the late 16th century and was conceived by European colonists as a cycle of import-export to maintain the wealth of the European empire. One of the major resources that were lacking in the New World was work force, as indigenous Americans had proven to be unreliable and were affected by diseases brought by the Europeans. This is why African people were trusted to be hard workers, were used to agricultural activities and were resistant to many tropical diseases. Thus, the British empire exported manufactured goods that would serve the people in Africa such as ironware, guns, drinks and cloths. These goods would be traded in Africa by slaves (men, women and children). These slaves were sold in the West Indies (the Caribbean) and sold to the highest bidder so they could purchase New World goods they could trade back in Europe such as tobacco, sugar, cotton, coffee and other raw resources back to Europe. Slave trade to actually began in the 15th century, when the Portuguese and parts of Spain traded slaves to their American colonies.