USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Middle Passage was the stage of the Atlantic slave trade in which millions of enslaved Africans were transported to the Americas as part of the triangular slave trade.

Detailed explanation-2: -Atlantic triangular slave trade. The most historically significant triangular trade was the transatlantic slave trade which operated between Europe, Africa, and the Americas from the 16th to 19th centuries.

Detailed explanation-3: -Rum and manufactured goods taken by New World merchants to Africa were sold in exchange for enslaved people. These slaves were taken to the New World and sold. Slavers used the proceeds to buy mahogany and molasses, and the cycle continued onward.

Detailed explanation-4: -Merchants who traded in this way could get very rich indeed as American goods fetched a high price in Europe.It was called the triangular trade because of the triangular shape that the three legs of the journey made. The first leg was the journey from Europe to Africa where goods were exchanged for slaves.

Detailed explanation-5: -The captives were about to embark on the infamous Middle Passage, so called because it was the middle leg of a three-part voyage–a voyage that began and ended in Europe. The first leg of the voyage carried a cargo that often included iron, cloth, brandy, firearms, and gunpowder.