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Why did Europeans ship goods to Africa during triangular trade?

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The best-known triangular trading system is the transatlantic slave trade, that operated from the late 16th to early 19th centuries, carrying slaves, cash crops, and manufactured goods between West Africa, Caribbean or American colonies and the European colonial powers, with the northern colonies of British North.
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Answer: The correct answer is : The traders of Europe went to West Africa and offered clothes, rum, salt and arms and other goods in exchange for slaves.

Explanation: The triangular trade was the exchange of goods between Europe, America and West Africa through sea routes through the Atlantic Ocean.

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