The Middle Passage was primarily driven by the transatlantic slave trade, which emerged in the 16th century as European colonies in the Americas required a large labor force to cultivate cash crops like sugar, tobacco, and cotton. To meet this demand, European traders and colonial powers forcibly captured and transported millions of Africans across the Atlantic Ocean under horrific conditions. Economic incentives, including the profitability of slave labor and the growth of plantation economies, fueled this brutal practice, leading to the establishment of a vast trade network that dehumanized countless individuals.
The Middle Passage was a critical part of the triangular trade as it facilitated the forced transport of enslaved Africans to the Americas, where they were used as labor on plantations. This brutal journey not only highlighted the inhuman conditions faced by enslaved individuals but also played a key role in the economic system that fueled European colonial expansion. The labor provided by these enslaved people was vital for the production of cash crops like sugar, tobacco, and cotton, which were then exported back to Europe, completing the triangular trade cycle. Thus, the Middle Passage was integral to the profitability and sustainability of the entire trade network.
The triangular trade route consisted of three main sections: the "Middle Passage," which transported enslaved Africans to the Americas; the "Atlantic Passage," where goods like sugar, tobacco, and cotton were shipped from the Americas to Europe; and the "European Passage," which involved sending manufactured goods from Europe to Africa in exchange for enslaved people. This system facilitated the exchange of goods and human lives across the Atlantic Ocean, forming a complex network of trade.
African culture (just as well as any culture) and the country along with other countries is essential to study because you learn so much about not only its history, but your history. It does not matter what race you are, your ancestors most likely "played a part", so to say, in this particular area of history. It's just like the African slave trade and Middle Passage. Not only are they interesting topics to know, but teach you some part (most likely) of your history. Any history, good or bad, is wonderful to know.
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Slave traders profited from the Middle Passage. The Middle Passage is one of the most horrific moments in World History and it lined the pockets of the slave traders who captured human beings and sold them like objects.
on the middle passage slaves were taken on deck to wach other people beeing toucherd by the slave traders. some slaves couldn't take it and killed then selves
copper sun was about a girl who was invaded by white people who came and took her into slavery her brother and friends where killed, the middle passage was mostly about slave trade.
Yes because 1. on the middle passage thousands of people died 2. slaves were treated like animals 3. they were treated like dirt by there owners
life was like dirt
== == The Middle Passage was a disgusting travel from Africa to the United States. The slaves lived in their own filth and waste while laying arm to arm in a line on "shelves" that the ship had. The shelves had just enough room for a slave to fit on.
Slave traders viewed slaves as property to be bought and sold for profit. Treating them as cargo was a way to maximize their own financial gain. The inhuman conditions on the Middle Passage were often justified by the mindset that slaves were expendable and replaceable.
It was called the Middle Passage and part of the triangular trade route. They were onboard ships for at least 3 months before arriving at places like the Charleston slave market.
The middle passage took from 5-12weeks. The answer to this is from 500-600 years ago in the 15th century, up til between 100-200 years ago in the 19th century, before the slave trade was abolished by all countries It about six months depending on the weather conditions. it might be 8 or 7 months.
Not exactly. The Middle Passage was a part of the Triangular Trade (more prefferably than "Triangular Passage"). And this Triangular Trade was an international trade network at that time, among Europe,Africa,and America. It had three legs, or parts. The Middle Passage is the second leg, and also the most important. It is where the African slaves were exchaged for European goods like guns and crops.
Disgusting, slaves sitting in their own filth on shelves
As more sugar plantations were created, farmers needed more workers so they needed more slaves. Slave owners also never felt like they had enough slaves, in other words they were very greedy, this caused more slaves being transpoted in the middle passage, the trade route from Europe to Africa, then the "middle" Africa to America. This was called the trianglular trade route.