Analyze the impact of the Triangular Trade on European, African and American societies
Sources: Start with the textbook then explore some of the other sources.
Read textbook Chapter 19, The Atlantic Economy to Culture and Community in the Atlantic World and Chapter 20 The African Slave Trade.
Sources in the library database:
Slavery’s Impact on Africa (Links to an external site.)
Middle Passage (Links to an external site.)
British Slave Trade Video (Links to an external site.)
Sources on the web:
Ted Talk on the Impact of the Slave Trade (Links to an external site.)
The Economics of the African Slave Trade (Links to an external site.)
European Profits (Links to an external site.)
The Triangular Trade (Links to an external site.)
The Caribbean and the Trade (Links to an external site.)
Triangular Trade and Multiple Profits (Links to an external site.)
Legacies in America (Links to an external site.)
Primary Sources:
Liverpool Vessels for Africa (Links to an external site.)
An excerpt from a 1788 account describing the capture and kidnapping of Africans as part of the slave trade. (Links to an external site.)
Excerpt from the Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano (Links to an external site.)
Sample Solution
