The Middle Passage-Triangular Journey

The Middle Passage The Middle Passage was known as the long triangular journey from Europe to Africa, across the Atlantic Ocean to America, and back to Europe. The vast exploration of Europeans caused much expansion into Africa and many other places around the Middle Passage. When Christopher Columbus landed in America, this created the African Slave trade because the “New World” needed workers. I am writing on this topic because I feel that most people do not fully understand what every African went through on their journey through the Middle Passage, and that is exactly what I plan on bringing out in vast detail. This part of history really does need to be displayed to more people so history does not ever repeat itself. First, I will explain
how they were captured and taken as slaves. Then, I will dive into the main topic of their journey across the Atlantic Ocean on the slave ships, and I will display the ill conditions they were forced to suffer through.
It all started when Europeans seeking riches set up trading forts on the West Coast of Africa and traded almost any good for slaves. Once they were bought or kidnapped, the slaves were underfed and put through deathly conditions. Not all African Natives survived the brutally long journey across the Atlantic Ocean through the Middle Passage. Slavers would load hundreds of slaves into cramped quarters on ships. Because of the amount of people and poor conditions disease spread rapidly throughout the ships. When the colonies were first up and running over two thousand slaves were shipped yearly to America.

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"The Middle Passage"" Ushistory.org. Independence Hall Association, n.d. Web. 10 Mar. 2014. http://www.ushistory.org/us/6b.asp "The Middle Passage." PBS, n.d. Web. 10 Mar. 2014.
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