Slavery: The Triangular Trade

Seventeenth Century slavery was one of the most cruel and sad acts that humanity has imposed on itself. While slaves weren’t seen as humans back then, that doesn’t mean that we should justify it today. However, treating slaves – most specifically slaves in the triangular trade – as property had economic impacts on areas such as Africa, West Europe, and the New World. The Triangular Trade was something that connected the three regions of North America and the Caribbean’s, Africa, and Europe. Today, we have international trade flows, inputs and outputs, and deals. The Triangular Trade was kind of like the 17th Century’s version of today’s trade system and “world order” as some have come to call it. Basically, raw materials such as sugar, cotton,