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What do middle passage mean?

Middle passage is the sea journey undertaken by slave ships. This happened from West Africa to the West Indies.


How long did it take them to get to west Africa during the slave trade?

Slaves went mainly FROM West Africa to the Americas. The Dutch West Indies Trade Company has kept track of all travel durations on that route between 1595 and 1860. The average west Africa - America trip on their ships took between 60 and 80 days.


Why did European slave traders come to West Africa?

European slave traders come to West Africa because they were free as others.


Where did west African slave traders get their slaves to sell to the europeans?

From slave traders in central Africa


What region of Africa did slave originate?

West Africa and the countries there


Where does the slave triangle operate?

The slave triangle, also known as the transatlantic slave trade, operated primarily between Europe, Africa, and the Americas. Ships transported enslaved Africans from Africa to the Americas to work on plantations, and then carried goods such as sugar, tobacco, and cotton back to Europe.


How did ananse stories travel to Ghana from the west indies?

The stories were taken across the Atlantic by the slaves that were transported from the coast of West Africa to the Caribbean and Americas. They were told on board the ships and on plantations amongst Ghanaian slaves in an effort to maintain the communities they formed with a lifestyle they were familiar with. The stories were said to 'survive' the middle passage of the slave ships, where slave owners tried as much as possible to erase all traces of African culture as much as possible.


Where were slave originally sold?

The African slaves that were transported to America were originally sold by other Africans to the merchant ships landing along the west coast of Africa.


Where were African slave sold?

The African slaves that were transported to America were originally sold by other Africans to the merchant ships landing along the west coast of Africa.


Where did west africans slave traders get their slaves to sell to European?

From slave traders in central Africa.


Where did west African slave traders get their slave to sell to Europeans?

From slave traders in central Africa.


How africans contribute to Jamaica?

The Africans came to Jamaica by slave ships in the triangular trade which is from Europe- England to West Africa to the Caribbean- Jamaica. They were brought to the Caribbean by the Europeans.