Disease from small pox and other viruses wiped out much of the poor working population in the 17th century, causing a shortage of workers. Americans quickly learned they could outsource their goods to other places and buy slaves for a cheaper rate to come and work in America. America sold raw goods to Europe, who in turn made voyages to Africa supplying the indigenous groups with pots pans and other basic resources in exchange for slaves, creating a cycle known as the Triangular Trade “This was the name given to the trading route used by European merchants who exchanged goods with Africans for slaves, shipped the slaves to the Americas, sold them and brought goods from the Americas back to Europe”(Black Peoples of America - The Triangular Trade, 2014: p1). This brutal cycle would create one of the most violent exploitations of the African
Disease from small pox and other viruses wiped out much of the poor working population in the 17th century, causing a shortage of workers. Americans quickly learned they could outsource their goods to other places and buy slaves for a cheaper rate to come and work in America. America sold raw goods to Europe, who in turn made voyages to Africa supplying the indigenous groups with pots pans and other basic resources in exchange for slaves, creating a cycle known as the Triangular Trade “This was the name given to the trading route used by European merchants who exchanged goods with Africans for slaves, shipped the slaves to the Americas, sold them and brought goods from the Americas back to Europe”(Black Peoples of America - The Triangular Trade, 2014: p1). This brutal cycle would create one of the most violent exploitations of the African