slave trade triangle

In social studies we are learning about the slave trade triangle.

the alantic slave trade
in the lat 15th to mid 19th century and spanning 3 continits forcibly brought more than 10 millian africans to the americans the impact it would leave affected not only these slaves and their descendants but the economies and histories of large parts of the world there had been centuries of contact between europe and africa via the mediterranean but the alantic slave trade began in the late 1400s with portuguese colonies in west africa and spanish settlement of the americans shortly arfter the crops grow in the new colonies suger cane tabbaco and cotton were the labor intensive and there were not enough settlers or indentured servants to culuvate all  new land american natives were enslaved but many many died from new  diseases while otherrs effectivley resisted and so meet the masive demand of labour

link it slave trade triangle map