The triangular trade route facilitated the establishment of slavery in the Americas by creating a system that linked Europe, Africa, and the Americas. European traders shipped manufactured goods to Africa, where they exchanged them for enslaved people, who were then transported to the Americas to work on plantations. This brutal system provided a steady supply of labor for cash crops like sugar and tobacco, which fueled economic growth. Consequently, slavery became entrenched in American society and the economy.
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