HISTORY 347 Lecture 10: Notes on Triangular pattern
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Here is the classic triangular pattern, which developed in the mid 17th century . New england only had one thing england wanted trees. So: to get more stuff from england, the colonists sold food to the english islands, which needed to feed their slaves. So by the 1640s, new england was already indirectly dependent on slave consumption. The islands: would consume products from new england and then ship molasses, fruit, spices and slaves back to colonial ports, where the molasses would be distilled into rum and sent to . Who would be sold by coastal rulers and bought by european slavers, in exchange for the rum and manufactured goods. First of all, slavery definitely stunk for the slaves, who had horrible conditions on the boat ride, etc. But it also had major political and economic consequences for africa and for europe, where it sparked big time rivalries between the powers. This, of course, caused changes in the americas.
