African humans, ivory spices!
2006-10-02 15:08:34 · 3 answers · asked by abraham m 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Higher Education (University +)
Some reading for you
The transatlantic slave trade took place between the continents of Europe, Africa and America from the 17th to the 19th centuries. The reason this trade is called the triangular trade is because it was usually made up of three different voyages which formed a triangular trade pattern. Some slave trading voyages were made directly between the continents of America and Africa.
http://www.mersey-gateway.org/server.php?show=ConWebDoc.253
http://africanhistory.about.com/library/weekly/aa080601a.htm
2006-10-02 15:11:04 · answer #1 · answered by DanE 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Slave trade=triangular trade~Middles Passasge= Pt-Sp-Fr-Nl by the early 1600s ALL Age of discovery nations, as well as many Complicit Africanstribes that were seeking Europe's manufactured goods and a strategic advantageover rival tribes=guns, were participating in and reaping huge profits from human bondage-SLAVE!Slave ships `Slaver's ` were either `tightpack v. `loose pack.
2006-10-02 15:16:38 · answer #2 · answered by latoya G 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Africa for slaves. Jamaica for molasses. Boston for rum.
The economics of slavery started with this triangle. Slaves grew cane for sugar to make molasses. Molasses was made into rum and sold by merchants who sent more ships to get more slaves to increase their profits.
2006-10-02 15:11:35 · answer #3 · answered by Isis 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋