Essay On The Triangular Trade

The African Americans were brought from Africa in a system called the Triangular Trade. The triangular trade lasted from 1450 to 1750. Not long after the trade ended, America had divided into two parts, the Union and the Confederacy. Over the course of 4 years, the bloodiest war fought in United States history broke out, tearing America apart. The North and South fought gruelingly through the seasons, both determined for a strong win. The African Americans gained freedom on May 9, 1865. The African American used many different ways to fight for their freedom in the now divided United States. These actions affected the United states and the African American population. When the Caribbean natives were invaded by Spain the Portuguese, they needed a way to manufacture and harvest the precious cargo produced there. Since Europeans were unwilling to work, they turned to the African people for the induced labor required for harvesting goods. Thus beginning the Triangular Trade. Over the course of 1450 to 1750, the Caribbean, England, and the United States traded crops, dye, and African Americans. These enslaved people were forced to travel for weeks on a crowded, rocking boat, and then sold and traded for labor in the South on plantations.
In the beginning, they weren’t allowed to fight. The cause of the war at first was to keep the country together. As the war progressed, Lincoln’s view changed. It was no longer just about uniting the broken United States. It was about a bigger picture. The lives of actual people who meant the world to God. So in December of 1865, Lincoln wrote the Emancipation Proclamation. The single document that declared freedom for all blacks in the United States. It states that slavery and involuntary servitude would no longer exist in the United States. Slavery had been declared illegal and unjust, and this path of freedom would light the way for others determined for civil