The 'Middle Passage' refers to which part of the Atlantic colonization trade?
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Correct answer: The journey across the Atlantic for enslaved Africans
This was the central leg of the Triangular Trade. It was a horrific and deadly journey for millions of Africans who were forcibly transported to the Americas to provide labor for the plantation economies.
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