- On the first part of their three part journey,usually called Triangular Trade,European ships brought manufactured goods,weapons and liquor
- On the second part of the Triangular Slave Trade,British transported African Men,women and children to the America to serve as slaves
- The British exported sugar,rum,cotton and tobacco for sale in Britain.
The slave trade was huge,British ships transported 2.6 million slaves.An estimated 12 million slaves were taken to USA as slaves.The majority of slaves were taken to South America.More than 55 percent of slaves were taken to Brazil and Spanish South America.Brazil has the second largest black population in the world outside of Nigeria.