have you learned about the triangular trade? If so in three paragraphs can you tell me how you feel about it? write three paragraphs in your journal and share how you feel after learning about the triangular trade I don't really have an opinion, i was wondering if anyone could help me.
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The slave trade made many people very rich but also ruined the lives of those captured into slavery. As resistance grew and profit declined, the trade was finally abolished. The slave trade began with Portuguese (and some Spanish) traders, taking mainly enslaved West African (and some Central African) people to the American colonies they had conquered in the 15th century. British sailors became involved in the trade in the 16th century and their involvement increased in the 18th century when the Treaty of Utrecht (1713) gave them the right to sell enslaved people in the Spanish Empire. The slave trade made a great deal of profit for those who sold and exchanged enslaved people. Therefore, they often ignored the fact it was inhuman and unfair. Between 1532 and 1832, at least 12 million African people were enslaved and taken to the Americas, and at least a third of them were taken in British ships.
Some historians argue 'To put the matter simply, African slavery worked, it provided labour at a price Europeans could afford, in numbers they required and all to profitable economic use. Thus it was that Africans were quickly reduced from humanity to inanimate objects of trade and economic calculation'.
I am personally strongly against the slave trade as 'BLACK LIVES MATTER'
in fact I believe all lives matter, every living thing; animals, humans, insects, plants, mother nature,ect.