Stages of the Triangular Trade Route

Stage 1

      The first stage of the Triangular Trade involved taking manufactured goods such as cloth, tobacco, and metal goods from Europe to Africa. The goods being traded were in exchange for African slaves.
Ships left Europe loaded with goods, such as guns, tools, textiles & rum. Crews with guns went ashore to capture slaves.
Slaves were obtained by:
1. Kidnapping
2. Trading 
 3. People were given by chiefs as tributes (gifts)
 4. The  advocate would send people who were in debt
5. The  advocate  would send criminals through judicial   process
6. Prisoners of tribal wars were also sent.

Stage 2

      The second stage of the Triangular Trade involved shipping African slaves to different colonies. The abolition of the journey varied from one to six months depending on weather conditions. Conditions on the ships were horrible; disease and overcrowded conditions were very common. Many Africans refused to eat the food they gave them, and a lot of them committed suicide. The slaves were treated atrocity. Almost eight million slaves died. The slaves owners were always brutality to them! They had no right to tell them no
Ships sailed across the Atlantic Ocean to the Americas. The journey took 8-10 weeks. Some Africans tried to jump ship, refused to eat and rebelled. Loss of a slave’s life was a loss of $ for the sailors. 

Stage 3

      The third stage of the Triangular Trade System involved the return to Europe. Ships brought back goods from the plantations such as cotton, sugar, and tobacco. However, before these goods were loaded on the ship, an entire cleaning of the ships took place. There were tons of smallpox, syphilis, and measles on these ships, since conditions aboard the ships were highly conducive to disease. The third stage was the final stage was the final stage of the Triangular Trade.
Africans would be sold at auctions in the Americas
The ships’ captains would use the $ from their sale to buy a 3rd cargo of raw materials:  sugar, spices, or tobacco. 
They sold this for a further large profit in Europe.
In Europe, they would convert the raw materials into finished product.
 

      The slave system in our place, in a large measure, took the spirit of self reliance and self help out of the white slaves. The matter of having meals at regular hours, of eating on a tablecloth, using a napkin, the use of the bathtub, and the toothbrush, as well as the use of sheets upon the bed, were new to the slaves. The rugged nature of the country made slavery unprofitable, and time only increased the social, political and economic differences between the two sections of the state. One important variation, however, was a clause in the bill of rights providing for the abolition of slavery, Vermont being the first state in America to take such action.

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