[[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 saletrade, 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.
==Background==