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2. Briefly describe what life was like in each of the main areas identified above and the route of the triangular trade

Life in West Africa a main port in the triangular trade was interesting they were based on the family lifestyle where patrilineal or matrilineal society was well associated. The head chief of their town came from one special family he was responsible for settling inter family disputes, for allocating farmland, for co-ordinating seed time and harvesting and all matters to do with raiding, booty and captives. West Africans developed skills of smelting of iron and steel excellent quality steel was produced and most households had a plentiful supply of metal knives, axes, hoes and spears. West Africans also had a large gold deposit particularly in the Asante region there was a large gold mining industry and with all this gold they were on equal levels as Europe. The West Africans on the religious level worshiped ancestors and each tribe was united in the common worship of tribal gods who were often mythical, divinely sired ancestors. So in conclusion life in West Africa was beneficial to the natives of the country due to their skills in gold mining and their religious believes in their ancestors and their head chief. Life in Europe was well developed far beyond the knowledge of the West Africans. In Liverpool the human trade helped economic development and the development of inland cities, Manchester grew as a major export town because of the transatlantic human trade. Its cotton goods for example dominated the Caribbean market and were sold also to Spanish and Portuguese colonist in America. The slave trade made the Liverpool area acquire the largest shipbuilders. Liverpool was able to export 25,000,000 livers of sugar to Holland, Germany, Spain, Sweden, Italy and Denmark. So in conclusion Europe/Liverpool was acquiring business and revenue from all over the world and was well off. Life in America was getting benefits from the slave trade as well America / Lagos. America was well depended on in the trade. America was more advanced the means of transporting items by boat and they were more advanced than all the other continents in the triangular or transAtlantic trade. So in conclusion the triangular trade benefited all of the mentioned continents. The route in the triangular trade was Kingston to Liverpool to Lagos and from Lagos back to Kingston

3. State the name of the person who introduced the triangular trade and the year it began

The triangular was introduced by William Hawkins in the 1530s. He was one of the most important early English traders he was also the father of john Hawkins he would either acquire slaves through force or by barter then sell them across the Atlantic for tropical produce to take back to England.

4. How long was each position of the triangular trade?

The ship which transported the goods of the triangular trade was only allowed to spend mere weeks in each of the positions of the triangular trade while sailing on the trade winds on the middle passage.

5. Explain what the trip was like for slaves taken from their home territory up to the point of sale to a sugar plantation owner

The slaves were treated quite unpleasantly from the point of abduction to the point of work on the plantation. The slaves when taken from their home territories were placed on a ship to transport them to their destination where they shall be sold, seeing as there were thousands of slaves they were all crammed into a small part at the bottom of the ship like sardines in a tin the slaves were placed to lie down and every once in a while a bucket of water was thrown down to wash away the excrement. Upon arrival in West Africa the slaves had to leave the cramped ship to arrive on land the slaves were then washed forcedly and oiled up to make them seem more muscular and they were auctioned off to owners of sugar plantations where they would work upon death day in day out