What was the Middle Passage?
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Correct answer: The forced voyage of enslaved Africans across the Atlantic
The Middle Passage was the brutal ocean journey that carried enslaved Africans across the Atlantic. Conditions were overcrowded and deadly, and survivors were sold into slavery in the Americas.
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