What is the 3 main countries who were involved in the slave trade?
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Europeans and Africans
The main BRITISH ports involved in the slave trade were London, Bristol and Liverpool.
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Africa was affected by the Atlantic slave trade in two main ways: economically and socially. Economically, the slave trade disrupted local economies by diverting human resources away from agriculture and other industries. Socially, the slave trade resulted in the loss of millions of Africans who were forcibly taken from their communities, leading to destabilization and trauma within African societies.
It was called the triangular trade because of the triangular shape that the three legs of the journey made.The first leg was the journey from Europe to Africa where goods were exchanged for slaves. The second, or middle, leg of the journey was the transportation of slaves to the Americas. It was nicknamed the 'middle passage. The third and final leg of the journey, was the transport of goods from the Americas back to Europe.