The Triangular Trade

By Luke Sabanovic
  • Feb 20, 1562

    Sir john hawkins was the first english sea captian to do this

  • Portugese took african slaves to american colonies

  • British captured Barbados

  • Royal africa company was set up to trade african slaves

  • british sailors became involved in the trade

  • english pirates startes selling saves to the spanish colonies

  • A slave cost 3 Euros

  • Treaty of Utrecht gave them the right to sel slaves

  • Spain gave british slave traders

  • commitee for the abolition of the slave trade was set up

  • led a successful slave revolution

  • Portugese traders took slaves to africa to work

  • Slaves mutinied on board ships

  • 6 million africans were taken to ammericans as slaves

  • public opinion began to turn against the slave trade