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Additionally, there was no significant market in Africa for finished goods.  The term "triangular trade" itself was not used contemporaneously with the trade.<ref>[http://www.jstor.org/stable/1918599 The Making of the Triangular Trade Myth], by Gilman M Ostrander - JSTOR</ref>  The first usage of the term "triangle trade" has been traced back to George H. Moore in 1866, in his ''Notes on the history of slavery in Massachusetts''.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=d8aWDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT531 The Slave Trade & Migration]</ref><ref>[https://archive.org/details/notesonhistory00moorrich Notes on the history of slavery in Massachusetts]</ref>

Additionally, there was no significant market in Africa for finished goods.  The term "triangular trade" itself was not used contemporaneously with the trade.<ref>[http://www.jstor.org/stable/1918599 The Making of the Triangular Trade Myth], by Gilman M Ostrander - JSTOR</ref>  The first usage of the term "triangle trade" has been traced back to George H. Moore in 1866, in his ''Notes on the history of slavery in Massachusetts''.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=d8aWDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT531 The Slave Trade & Migration]</ref><ref>[https://archive.org/details/notesonhistory00moorrich Notes on the history of slavery in Massachusetts]</ref>

Another point of controversy is the excessively-sized portrayal for which the United States has been placed throughout historical texts compared to its actual role in the trade.  Independence was not even declared until 1776, yet somehow slave trading that began in the 15th century<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/abolition/africa_article_01.shtml Africa and the Transatlantic Slave Trade]</ref> is routinely aimed solely at the United States instead of the kings who demanded the initiation and continuance of the practice.

Another point of controversy is the excessively-sized portrayal for which the United States has been placed throughout historical texts compared to its actual role in the trade.  Independence was not even declared until 1776, yet somehow slave trading that began in the 15th century<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/abolition/africa_article_01.shtml Africa and the Transatlantic Slave Trade]</ref> is routinely aimed solely at the United States instead of the kings who demanded the initiation and continuance of the practice.<ref>[http://www.slate.com/articles/life/the_history_of_american_slavery/2015/06/animated_interactive_of_the_history_of_the_atlantic_slave_trade.html The Atlantic Slave Trade in Two Minutes], "Relative to the entire slave trade, North America was a bit player. ... Of the more than 10 million enslaved Africans to eventually reach the Western Hemisphere, just 388,747 - less than 4 percent of the total - came to North America."</ref>

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