explain triangular slave trade
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Ans - Triangular trade or triangle trade is a historical term indicating trade among three ports or regions. Triangular trade usually evolves when a region has export commodities that are not required in the region from which its major imports come. Triangular trade thus provides a method for rectifying trade imbalances between the above regions.
Historically the particular routes were also shaped by the powerful influence of winds and currents during the age of sail. For example, from the main trading nations of Western Europe, it was much easier to sail westwards after first going south of 30 N latitude and reaching the so-called "trade winds"; thus arriving in the Caribbean rather than going straight west to the North American mainland. Returning from North America, it is easiest to follow the Gulf Stream in a northeasterly direction using the westerlies. A similar triangle to this, called the volta do mar was already being used by the Portuguese, before Christopher Columbus' voyage, to sail to the Canary Islands and the Azores. Columbus simply expanded this triangle outwards, and his route became the main way for Europeans to reach, and return from, the Americas.
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The triangular slave trade began in the 17th century. French Merchant sailed from Bordeaux or nantes to the African coast where they bought slaves from the local chieftains. Branded and shackled, the slaves were packed tightly to the ship for a 3month long voyage from the carribean to the Atlantic where they selled them to plantation owners, This had helped European colonies keep pace with the increasing demand of sugar, indigo and cofee, The flourishing slave trade had made the ports of Bordeax and Nantes prosperous.