The+Middle+Passage


 * The Middle Passage**
 * 3 leg journey
 * first leg-
 * manufactured goods to Africa
 * Second leg-
 * transported African men, women, and children to the Americas
 * Third leg-
 * exported to Europe the sugar, rum, cotton, and tobacco produced by the enslaved labor force
 * Over 30,000 documented journeys
 * Journey lasted 1-3 months
 * Regulations said that the ships could transport 350 people, but most transported 800-1000
 * Passengers stripped naked, branded, whipped, starved, and crammed into the crawlspaces of the ship
 * Death by scurvy, smallpox, and dysentery were very common
 * About 1/2 of the departing passengers would make it to the Americas
 * Passengers chained together and crammed into spaces less than 5 feet high