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THE TRIANGLE
Liverpool, England
The Benin Region of West Africa
Richmond, Virginia
During the 18th Century, these three places reflected on of the well-known triangles in the trade of enslaved Africans.
Men, women and children were captured in West and Central Africa and transported from Benin and other countries. They were chained, herded, loaded on ships built in England and transported through the unspeakable horrors of the Middle Passage.
They were imported and exported in Richmond, Virginia and sold in other American cities. Their forced labor laid the economic foundation of this nation. |