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The triangular trade was the trade between Europe, America and Africa during the colonial era. Ships departed from Western Europe with mainly firearms, gunpowder, iron and textiles as merchandise. It was exchanged in West Africa with the local rulers and African and Arab slave traders for slaves, gold and ivory.
Ships with slaves departed from West Africa via the Central Passage to North America and the Caribbean. The conditions of the slaves were terrible during the journey and many died. The slaves were sold in America as plantation workers. The ships departed from North America and the Caribbean to Western Europe with luxury goods such as sugar, rum, coffee, cotton, silver and tobacco.