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The Middle Passage

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Atlantic Slave Trade

  • 1525-1866: 12.5 million Africans shipped to the New World
  • Approximately 10.7 million survived
  • 388,000 taken to colonies in present-day United States
  • Portuguese, British, French, Spanish, and Dutch were main Atlantic slave traders

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Triangular Trade

Raw goods (sugar, tobacco, and cotton)

Textiles and manufactured goods

Slaves

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Central Historical Question

How did people experience the Middle Passage?

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Document D: Diagram of Slave Ship

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