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[[Image:Slave trade 1650-1860 b - www.slaveryinamerica.org.jpg|thumb|right|200px|10-15 million were transported out of Africa, most to the West Indies and South America.]]
[[Image:Trade routes.gif|thumb|right|200px|The common route established by European Powers]]
[[Image:Trade routes.gif|thumb|right|200px|The common route established by European Powers]]
'''Triangular trade''' was a trans-Atlantic trade route used by European powers that had three parts or "sides" to the "triangle": From Europe to Africa to transport finished goods for trade, from [[Africa]] to the Americas to transport [[slave]]s - known as the [[Middle Passage]], and lastly the Americas to Europe to transport raw materials. The most common destination for slave traffic were islands in the Caribbean and Portuguese Brazil, and for several hundred years slavery financed in part the growth of European empires.
'''Triangular trade''' was a trans-Atlantic trade route used by European powers that had three parts or "sides" to the "triangle": From Europe to Africa to transport finished goods for trade, from [[Africa]] to the Americas to transport [[slave]]s - known as the [[Middle Passage]], and lastly the Americas to Europe to transport raw materials. The most common destination for slave traffic were islands in the Caribbean and Portuguese Brazil, and for several hundred years slavery financed in part the growth of European empires.
==Statistics==
==Statistics==
According to research provided by [[Emory University]],<ref>[https://slavevoyages.org/assessment/estimates Slave Voyages], Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade - Estimates</ref> an estimated 12.5 million slaves were transported from Africa to colonies in North and South America. The top five kingdoms for trafficking in slaves from Africa were Portugal, Great Britain, France, Spain, and the Netherlands.
According to research provided by [[Emory University]],<ref>[https://slavevoyages.org/assessment/estimates Slave Voyages], Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade - Estimates</ref> an estimated 12.5 million slaves were transported from Africa to colonies in North and South America. The top five kingdoms for trafficking in slaves from Africa were Portugal, Great Britain, France, Spain, and the Netherlands.
[[Image:Triangle trade2.jpg|thumb|right|200px|An example of revisionist imagery. American involvement in this trade with respect to slaves was much less than is often stated]]
[[Image:Triangle trade2.jpg|thumb|right|200px|An example of revisionist imagery. United States involvement in this trade with respect to slaves was much less than is often stated]]
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! scope="col" | Spain
! scope="col" | Spain