For the British slave traders it was a three-legged journey called the 'triangular trade': Captive West African ... a cargo of rum and sugar taken from the colonies, was taken back to the United ...

From the 1650s to 1776, parts of the Americas and coastal regions of West Africa were under British authority and connected ...

The Royal Navy grew during the period of conflict for control of the colonies. Once Britain had ... The most well-known part was the triangular trade route: goods such as guns and brandy were ...