Triangular Trade

Guide

Guides

Longer explanations to read before you plan, choose or decide.

Guides: 8

  1. Understanding the Three Legs of the Atlantic TradeA clear, respectful explanation of the three legs of the Atlantic triangular trade, and why historians also warn that a simple triangle can mislead.
  2. Commodities and the Atlantic EconomyHow sugar, tobacco, rice, cotton and manufactured goods tied Europe, Africa and the Americas together, and how enslaved labour underpinned the system.
  3. Resistance and Rebellion in the Atlantic WorldHow enslaved people resisted, from daily acts to shipboard revolts, maroon communities and the Haitian Revolution, taught with respect.
  4. Abolition Movements and the End of the TradeHow the Atlantic slave trade and slavery were challenged and ended, from enslaved resistance and popular campaigns to laws, and the debated causes.
  5. Legacies of the Atlantic Slave TradeHow the Atlantic slave trade shaped societies, economies, cultures and memory on three continents, and how to discuss its legacies with care and accuracy.
  6. Teaching the Slave Trade SensitivelyPractical principles for teaching the Atlantic slave trade with dignity: language, imagery, classroom climate, avoiding simulations.
  7. Evaluating Primary Sources on SlaveryA step-by-step method for reading ship logs, ledgers, laws, advertisements and narratives of the enslaved critically, with attention to silence and bias.
  8. Historiography and Why the Numbers Are DebatedHow historians have studied the Atlantic slave trade, why estimates of voyages and people vary, and how to use scholarly databases and figures responsibly.