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The triangular slave trade
The triangular trade maximised profits at every corner of the shipping route. Guns and other goods were exported to Africa in exchange for captives. Captives were then shipped as slaves to the New World plantations. Finally, sugar, rum, tobacco and cotton were carried on the journey back to Britain.
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