Readers: George Sephton, Kath Dow-Blyton and John Graham Davies
Music: Stan Ambrose
Length: 5.54 mins
The Triangular Trade route
Ships in the slave trade made a triangular voyage. They sailed from Liverpool to the West coast of Africa where they loaded their human cargo. They shipped the slaves to the West Indies (Caribbean). The proceeds from the sale of slaves was used to buy cargoes of sugar and rum to bring back to Liverpool.