1. The Triangular Trade was a system of trade routes connecting Europe, Africa, and the Americas during the 16th to 19th centuries.
2. European ships carried manufactured goods to Africa, where they were exchanged for enslaved Africans.
3. Enslaved Africans were transported across the Atlantic Ocean to the Americas in what was known as the Middle Passage.
4. In the Americas, enslaved people were sold, and ships returned to Europe with raw materials like sugar, tobacco, and cotton.
5. This trade system fueled economic growth in Europe and the Americas but caused immense human suffering and long-term social consequences in Africa.
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