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Explain the Transatlantic Trade (Triangular Trade) and the Middle Passage

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The transatlantic slave trade generally followed a triangular route: Traders set out from European ports towards Africa's west coast. There they bought people in exchange for goods and loaded them into the ships. The voyage across the Atlantic, known as the Middle Passage, generally took 6 to 8 weeks.

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