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Jun 17, 2019 · The “Middle Passage” refers to the horrific journey of enslaved Africans from their home continent to the Americas during the period of this transatlantic trade. Historians believe 15% of all Africans loaded onto these ships did not survive the Middle Passage—most died of illness due to the inhumane, unsanitary conditions in which they ...
Historians estimate that approximately 472,000 Africans were kidnapped and brought to the North American mainland between 1619 and 1860. Of these, nearly 18 percent died during the transatlantic voyage from Africa to the New World. Known as the "middle passage," this sea voyage could range from one to six months, depending on the weather.
The Atlantic passage, or Middle Passage, usually to Brazil or an island in the Caribbean, was notorious for its brutality and for the overcrowded unsanitary conditions on slave ships, in which hundreds of Africans were packed tightly into tiers below decks for a voyage of about 5,000 miles (8,000 km) that could last from a few weeks to several ...
Between 1517 and 1867, about 12.5 million Africans began the Middle Passage across the Atlantic. They endured cruel treatment, disease, and paralyzing fear aboard slave ships . Of those, about 10.7 million survived, with about 40 percent of them going to work on sugarcane plantations in Brazil.
The Middle Passage. Boston African American National Historic Site. Map showing the primary movement of Enslaved Africans, raw materials, and manufactured goods.
The Barbarity of the Middle Passage. Slavery in the Americas. New England Trafficking. A Trafficking-Based Economy. Industries Reliant on Enslaved Labor. Laws Limiting Freedom. Boston, Massachusetts. The Port of Boston. Controlling Enslaved People. Profiting from Trafficking. After Abolition. New York, New York. Trading on Wall Street.
May 14, 2018 · The so-called Middle Passage consisted of the leg across the Atlantic that connected Africa to the Americas. The economics of such trafficking went something like this: England produced textiles and other manufactured goods like firearms and gunpowder, unavailable in either North America or Africa.
