Only a tiny percentage of the 12.5 million Africans shipped to the New World landed in North America. These many people were forcibly removed from Africa as slaves during the 300 years of the triangular trade.
Triangular or triangular trade is trade between three ports or regions. Triangular trade usually occurs when you have export goods that are not needed in the main importing region. This was used to level trade imbalances between different regions.
It was called the Triangular Trade because the three stages of the journey were triangles. The first stage was a journey from Europe to Africa, where slaves and goods were exchanged. The second or intermediate leg of the journey was the transport of slaves to America.
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