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Content: What was the Triangular Trade? The Caribbean : urope West Africa Plot the 3 stages of the Triangular Trade on the map. The Middle Passage involved shipping slaves from 2. All three stages of the Triangular Trade proved lucrative for merchants. The first stage of the Triangular Trade involved taking manufactured goods from Europe to Africa: cloth, spirit, tobacco, beads, cowrie shells, metal goods, and guns. The guns were used to help expand empires and obtain more slaves (until they were finally used against European colonizers). These goods were exchanged for African slaves. The second stage of the Triangular Trade, The Middle Passage, involved shipping the slaves to the Americas.