African slavery had a major impact on the development of the Americas. Europeans established the triangular trade route to transport enslaved Africans to the Americas in exchange for goods. Enslaved Africans were then forced to work on plantations and in industries like sugar mills across the Americas, fueling economic growth but through immense human suffering.

1. EQ: How did African slavery impact the
development of the Americas?

3. Europeans and Africans
Meet to Trade

7. Triangular
Trade Route

13. Brazilian sugar mill in the 1830s