LibGuides: Triangle Trade: Africa

A Level

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Go Social Studies Go: U.S. History - African Slave Trade
How were Africans and Europeans equal partners in the Atlantic Slave Trade?
Understanding Slavery: Liverpool and the Slave Trade
Explains the three routes of the triangular slave trade: the middle passage, the outward passage, and the return passage.
International Slavery Museum: Africa Before European Slavery
The peoples of West Africa had a rich and varied history and culture long before European slavers arrived.

B Level

The Abolition Project: Africa Before Slavery
Overview of African history before slavery.

The transatlantic slave trade routes

Mariners Museum: Captive Passage - Departure from Africa
The Europeans capitalized on the existing African slave trade.
Mariners Museum: Captive Passage -West Africa Before Slaving
The peoples of West Africa had many rich and diverse cultures long before European slavers arrived.
West African Social and Historical Background
Go Social Studies Go: US History: African Slave Trade
How were Africans and Europeans equal partners in the Atlantic Slave Trade?

C Level

Understanding Slavery Initiative: Africa Before Transatlantic Enslavement
The Transatlantic Slave trade not only distorted Africa’s economic development it also distorted views of the history and importance of the African continent itself.

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When slave ships arrived on the African coast with goods to trade, ship captains usually offered gifts to local kings and merchants. In many cases they also paid a tax to gain the right to trade in that area. Most slavers from Europe and the Americas were not allowed to venture into the African interior to find captives, but rather left this part of the business to African middlemen.