Estimates suggest that between 1.2 million and 2.4 million enslaved Africans died during the Middle Passage, the brutal journey across the Atlantic to the Americas. This staggering mortality rate resulted from factors such as overcrowding, disease, malnutrition, and brutal treatment by ship crews. Overall, it is believed that around 15-20% of enslaved individuals perished during the voyage. The exact numbers remain difficult to ascertain due to incomplete records.
No, the middle passage was the trip from Africa to the Americas.
Africa and the Americas
Most of the slaves faced horrible conditions on the ships.
Most of the slaves faced horrible conditions on the ships
The Middle Passage
The slaves were taken from Africa, back to the Americas of Europe
middle passage?
Africa to the colonies/Americas
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It was the middle leg of the triangular trade route that Europeans followed.
There were only 15,000 voyages between the Americas and Africa and only 1 slave ship traveled
Many Enslaved Africans went on a voyage called the Middle Passage.