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Content: Of course, there were European 
        expeditions in from the coast to capture slaves directly. In return for 
        slaves, the African kings and merchants received various trade goods including 
        beads, cowrie shells (used as money), textiles, brandy, horses, and, of 
        course,, guns. The guns were essential in expanding empires and continuing 
        conquest of Africans. These 
        early trade patterns evolved into a larger system of trade often times 
        referred to as the "triangular trade." Triangular trade refers 
        to the three legs of the trade system. -The first leg was the of trade was from Europe to Africa where goods 
        were exchanged for slaves. -The second or middleleg of the trade was the transportation of slaves 
        to the Americas. -The third leg of the trade was the transportation of goods from the 
        Americas back to Europe. (See 
        additional maps). Most representative of the systematic and brutal exchange of human being 
        was the "Middle Passage."