Triangular Trade

• What is the triangular trade?


  • Trade between Britain, Africa, and the Caribbean
• What three stages are in the triangular trade?


  • Outward Passage - Britain to West Africa
  • Middle Passage - West Africa to West Indies (Caribbean)
  • Homeward Passage - West Indies to Britain
• What is transported on each stage?

  Outward Passage - weapons, textiles, and rum

  Middle Passage - enslaved people

  Homeward Passage - cotton, sugar, tobacco