Why was the middle passage called this?

Answer 1

Passage is the term applied to ship travel from one point to another.

During the era of the slave trade, the trade was a three step process. From Europe to Africa with trade goods and/or coin from Europe. These were exchanged for slaves. This was the first passage.

Slaves so obtained were then transported from Africa to the New World where they were sold. This was the second passage of the cycle and became known as the Middle Passage.

The profit from the sale of the slaves was then reinvested in goods from the New World which were taken back to Europe and exchanged for whatever medium of exchange was being used in Africa at the moment. This was the third passage.

At this point the entire vicious cycle repeated.

Answer 2

To transport slaves to America by way of ship

Answer 3

The "middle passage" or second leg was where the slaves were transported to the west indies. There enslaved Africans were exchanged for sugar, molasses, and other products.

Answer 4

The middle passage was used by the African- Americans to get to the new world from Africa!!!


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Answer 5

It was the middle part of the slave trade.

Answer 6

to import and export enslaved africans to work as indentured servants and slaves in the feilds and houses for the colonists from Great Britain

Answer 7

It was important because it was the stage in the Slave trade between Africa (where the slaves where collected) and America (where they were sold to plantation owners).