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- triangular trade, three-legged economic model and trade route that was predicated on the transatlantic trade of enslaved people. It flourished from roughly the early 16th century to the mid-19th century during the era of Western colonialism. The three markets among which the trade was conducted were Europe, western Africa, and the New World.
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Triangular trade or triangle trade is trade between three ports or regions. Triangular trade usually evolves when a region has export commodities that are not required in the region from which its major imports come. It has been used to offset trade imbalances between different regions.
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Apr 4, 2024 · Triangular trade, three-legged economic model and trade route that was predicated on the transatlantic trade of enslaved people. It flourished from roughly the early 16th century to the mid-19th century during the era of Western colonialism. The three markets among which the trade was conducted.
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Transatlantic slave trade, part of the global slave trade that took 10–12 million enslaved Africans to the Americas from the 16th to the 19th century. In the ‘triangular trade,’ arms and textiles went from Europe to Africa, enslaved people from Africa to the Americas, and sugar and coffee from the Americas to Europe.
Feb 10, 2024 · The Triangular Trade was a Transatlantic network of trade routes that were used during the Colonial Era, to ship goods between England, Africa, and the Americas. There were three main routes: England to Africa. Africa to the 13 Original Colonies and the British West Indies. The Americas back to England.
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The triangular trade refers to trade between three ports or regions. Triangular trade usually develops when a region is exporting resources that are not needed in the region from which its main imports come. Instead, the resources are exported to a third region.
The transatlantic slave trade was the second of three stages of the so-called triangular trade, in which arms, textiles, and wine were shipped from Europe to Africa, enslaved people from Africa to the Americas, and sugar, tobacco, and other products from the Americas to Europe.