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The Triangular
Trade represents the triangle of money. The force behind the triangular
trade was sugar, tea, and coffee. These were the major crops and
profits that were made from the global trade. During the journey
of the Triangular Trade there was an outward passage, middle passage,
and a homeward passage. When they took the outward passage they
went from Europe to Africa with manufactured goods. When they
took their journey using the middle passage they went to the Americas
or the Caribbean from Africa with captives or other “commodities”
that could be useful. Now for the homeward passage they went back
to Europe with sugar, tobacco, rum, rice, and cotton. The middle
passage was the worst of the three stages. The Africans that were
being enslaved could barely stay alive. They were placed into
little spaces and the food they were given was not enough. Not
only did the slave have a good chance of not making it back to
land, but also the sailors struggled to survive because of sicknesses
that they caught on the way. The ships were packed to a dangerous
capacity, while still remaining within their legal limits. |
