USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Middle Passage, the forced voyage of enslaved Africans across the Atlantic Ocean to the New World.

Detailed explanation-2: -Historians refer to the transport of slaves across the Atlantic Ocean as the Middle Passage because it was the middle leg of the trade. The living conditions on the ships that carried millions of African men, women and children across the water were extremely poor.

Detailed explanation-3: -The selling of enslaved Africans crossed the Sahara Desert, the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean, marking the very beginning routes of the Middle Passage. 12 The infamous “Middle Passage” spanned across the Atlantic and into the New World, usually lasting more than seven weeks.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Middle Passage itself lasted roughly 80 days on ships ranging from small schooners to massive, purpose-built “slave ships.” Ship crews packed humans together on or below decks without space to sit up or move around.

Detailed explanation-5: -The “middle passage, ” which brought the slaves from West Africa to the West Indies, might take three weeks. Unfavorable weather conditions could make the trip much longer. The Transatlantic (Triangular) Trade involved many continents, a lot of money, some cargo and sugar, and millions of African slaves.