Middle Passage

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Eighteenth-century diagram showing cross-sections and deck plans of a slave ship, with densely packed figures representing enslaved people arranged in rows.

Map of the Atlantic Ocean showing North America, Europe, and Africa, illustrating the Triangular Trade network among the 13 Colonies, Caribbean, and Africa. Includes explanatory text.

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slave trade

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Eighteenth-century diagram showing cross-sections and deck plans of a slave ship, with densely packed figures representing enslaved people arranged in rows.

Slave ship

Plans of a ship for transporting enslaved people, engraving, 1789.

The Newberry Library, Chicago (accession no. 307861)

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Map of the Atlantic Ocean showing North America, Europe, and Africa, illustrating the Triangular Trade network among the 13 Colonies, Caribbean, and Africa. Includes explanatory text.

The Middle Passage

The Middle Passage was the second stage of the triangular trade.

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