Middle passage

Middle passage

The second stage in the transatlantic slave trade, on which ships carried enslaved Africans from Africa to either the Caribbean islands or the Americas (see also Triangular trade)

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Political systems; Slavery

The second stage in the transatlantic slave trade, on which ships carried enslaved Africans from Africa to either the Caribbean islands or the Americas (see also Triangular trade)

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In the slave-trade the part of the Atlantic stretching between Africa and the West Indies.

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Used to describe a person, an action, or an idea that is against slavery.

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