The Triangular Trade is the first section of The Trade in Enslaved African People (1770-1807) topic of National 5 History. It covers the following content: the organisation and nature of the trade in ...

A British ship carrying trade goods set sail from Britain, mainly from Liverpool or Bristol, bound for West Africa. At first some people were captured and enslaved directly by the British traders.

For much of the English-speaking world, the term “triangular trade” refers to one thing only: the transatlantic slave trade. Many school history books feature maps with arrows linking Europe, Africa, ...