Title: What Was the Triangular Trade? (with pictures)
Headings: What Was the Triangular Trade?
What Was the Triangular Trade?
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Content: While the term Triangular Trade is used generically to refer to trade between any three nations or ports, it is usually used in specific reference to the slave trade, the “peculiar institution” which was used to develop the Americas. The trade was extremely risky for investors, but it also had the potential to create a sizable profit. Many influential members of European society built their fortunes this way, a form of investment that relied on the enslavement of people to be profitable. African slaves were exchanged in the Americas for the raw materials that were used to make the European goods that were sold in Africa. The first leg of the Triangle Trade went from Europe to Africa. In England, a ship would be loaded with trade goods such as textiles; manufactured products, like cooking utensils, beads; and other objects that could be used to negotiate with slave dealers in Africa. Once the ship arrived off the coast of Africa, it would typically initiate trading with several groups, ensuring that the ship could be quickly loaded with slaves. Many of the slave dealers in Africa were Africans themselves, selling people who were captured in war or feuds.