Triangular Trade involved the involuntary removal of Africans from Africa which included a large number of skilled craftsman as well as other men and women from a variety of vocations that contributed to the African society. These men and women were contributors to society and without them the African economy was weakened. Gold was a trading commodity in Africa but the Europeans destroyed African trade systems when they established the African slave trade. Slaves being kidnapped and forcefully taken made it dangerous to mine gold. According to Alcott (n.d.), “Since the introduction of Triangular Trade African countries have never built up sufficient national wealth to invest in their infrastructure and industry so that they can develop their countries properly” (para. 8). The middle leg or the notorious middle passage of the voyage would find the slave ship packed tightly with Africans awaiting departure in the Americas. Black slaves would procure a large sum of money for the Europeans and death of a small number of them due to the inhumane travel conditions was not considered calamitous. Because of this brutal travel and treatment of the Africans many would question why slavery persisted for such a length of time. Principally because of the seeming economic significance, slavery was socially
Triangular Trade involved the involuntary removal of Africans from Africa which included a large number of skilled craftsman as well as other men and women from a variety of vocations that contributed to the African society. These men and women were contributors to society and without them the African economy was weakened. Gold was a trading commodity in Africa but the Europeans destroyed African trade systems when they established the African slave trade. Slaves being kidnapped and forcefully taken made it dangerous to mine gold. According to Alcott (n.d.), “Since the introduction of Triangular Trade African countries have never built up sufficient national wealth to invest in their infrastructure and industry so that they can develop their countries properly” (para. 8). The middle leg or the notorious middle passage of the voyage would find the slave ship packed tightly with Africans awaiting departure in the Americas. Black slaves would procure a large sum of money for the Europeans and death of a small number of them due to the inhumane travel conditions was not considered calamitous. Because of this brutal travel and treatment of the Africans many would question why slavery persisted for such a length of time. Principally because of the seeming economic significance, slavery was socially