The products from the islands of the Caribbean that became a part of the Triangular Trade were sugar, cocoa, tobacco and precious metals.
The triangular trade was a commercial route that was established in the Atlantic Ocean from the fifteenth to the nineteenth century, so it can be considered a long-standing historical phenomenon. Its denomination is due to the fact that, on the map, it traced a figure similar to a triangle, involving three continents.
It began with the departure from Western Europe with manufactures or supplies of all kinds. It was rescaled on the west coast of Africa where some products could be used for exchange. The product that was loaded there were black slaves, whose trade and supply was encouraged by elites and local merchants. The next stop was the islands of the Caribbean, where slaves and most European goods were sold, and colonial products (sugar, tobacco, cocoa) and precious metals were loaded back into Europe.
