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Briefly describe the three legs of the triangular trade.

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The Triangular Trade consisted of three legs: Europe to Africa; Africa to the Americas (Middle Passage); Americas to Europe.

Step-by-step explanation:

The Triangular Trade was a complex economic system that linked Europe, Africa, and the Americas in a network of exchange. It consisted of three legs

  1. Europe to Africa: Manufactured goods like cloth, spirit, tobacco, beads, metal goods, and guns were taken from Europe to Africa in exchange for African slaves.
  2. Africa to the Americas: Slaves were shipped from Africa to the Americas in a journey known as the Middle Passage.
  3. Americas to Europe: The final leg involved the transportation of agricultural products like indigo, cotton, sugar, tobacco, molasses, and rum from the slave-labor plantations in the Americas back to Europe.
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