For the enslaved Africans the Middle passage was terrifying. They had no bed to lay on just hard wood and a little tad of straw. They were also cramped together and on the beds you could not even sit up on your lap .
The starting and ending points of the middle passage in that slaves spent most of the voyage below deck, manacled and then were sold. this happened in 1444 when the Portuguese sailors captured coastal Africans.
The middle passage consisted of slaves
1600-1700
the voyage of the slave ships from Africa to the America's was called the middle passage cause it was the middle leg of the triangular trade the triangular trade was the movement of trade ships between Europe Africa and the America's
The Middle Passage
During the Atlantic slave trade, millions of Africans were forcibly transported across the middle passage, enduring horrific conditions and mistreatment on the journey to the Americas.
the middle passage
The Middle Passage was the stage of the triangular trade in which enslaved people were transported from Africa to the Americas aboard brutal and overcrowded slave ships.
It was the stage of the triangular trade where Africans that had been enslaved were shipped to the Americas.
From africa to the new world
Africa received man-made goods from Britain such as guns and ammunition
8 million
25-30%
The "middle passage" or second leg was where the slaves were transported to the west indies. There enslaved Africans were exchanged for sugar, molasses, and other products.
The Middle Passage
10 to 15 percent
The Middle Passage