What system involved making molasses and sugar brought from the West Indies into rum, which was sold in Africa for more slaves for the West Indies?
1 Answer
The triangular trade.
Explanation:
Slaves were used to grow sugar cane in the sugar islands owned by England, France, Spain and Holland. Using slaves made the production of sugar cane very profitable. This created a demand for more slaves.
The sugar cane was turned into sugar a very valuable commodity which could be sold in North America and Europe. Some of the sugar cane was distilled and turned into rum both on the islands and in the industrial centers of North America and Europe.
The money from the sale of the sugar cane was used to buy rifles, rum, and other manufactured trade goods. These goods were transported from North America, England and France to Africa.
In Africa the rum and manufactured goods were traded for slaves. The rifles were used by African tribes to conquer and enslave other tribes to be sold as slaves for the rum and manufactured goods.
The slaves were then transported to the sugar islands for more sugar and run, and the process repeated. This extremely profitable triangular trade based on slavery continued until slavery was outlawed in both England and France.
