Triangular Trade and the Middle Passage SOCIAL STUDIES 7

TRIANGULAR TRADE THE WORLD AROUND 1750 *Create a definition for CHEAP MANUFACTURED GOODS TRIANGULAR TRADE Trinkets – pots, pans, beads, shells, cloth SLAVES WERE USED ON PLANTATIONS, GROWING SUGAR, TOBACCO, COTTON. THIRD STAGE – RAW MATERIALS SENT TO EUROPE Profits from slave sales were used to buy produce from the plantations e.g.. sugar, tobacco, cotton, which were sold for great profit in Europe. Cheap trinkets exchanged for slaves FIRST STAGE – EUROPE TO AFRICA U.S.A. TRIBAL CHIEFS EXCHANGE SLAVES , OR SLAVES ARE CAPTURED Mexico Caribbean Islands SECOND STAGE - THE MIDDLE PASSAGE SLAVE TRADERS THEN SOLD THE SLAVES TO PLANTATION OWNERS *Create a definition for Triangular trade Brazil THE ‘MIDDLE PASSAGE’ – THE JOURNEY ACROSS THE ATLANTIC.. THE WORLD AROUND 1750

Middle Passage – passage across the Atlantic Ocean from West Africa to the Americas that was the route of the African American slave trade. Where were the majority of enslaved Africans taken?

A typical cargo included: A Typical Slave Ship, at port in London’s East India docks – getting ready for the next slave run. A typical cargo included: IRON BARS COWRIE SHELLS

Number of people enslaved 30 million taken from their homes 10 million die during capture phase 10 million die during middle passage 10 million survive to make it over the ocean

Tight Pack - Loose Pack This model [right] and the charts were used by slave reformers at the end of the 18th century, to show how a Liverpool slave ship of 320 tons could carry 400 slaves. On one voyage the ship carried 609 slaves.

Africa Europe Americas Discussion questions: 1. How was each continents’ population affected? 2. How would each continent’s culture be impacted? 3. Was the trade beneficial or detrimental to each continent’s economy? Africa Americas Europe