WHAT WAS THE MIDDLE PASSAGE

• The time period when the slaves where
• On the ship and are being taken
• Across the Atlantic.
• From
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WHY WAS IT CALLED THE MIDDLE PASSAGE

• It shows us how the slaves were
• Treated on the ship sailing across
• The Atlantic Ocean.

WHO WAS INVOLVED

• Amari and her family
• Polly she was forced out of her home
• In Ghana and she was sold in southcarolina

HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE AFFECTED

• 300 to 400 people
• Not enough space to place buckets
• For human waste(disease was prevalent).

HOW MANY WEEKS/MONTHS WAS THE ROUT

• It usually took 6 to 8 weeks
• But bad weather could increase the weeks
• To 13 or more weeks

IS THERE A MAP OF TRAVLE ROUTE

WHAT WERE THE CONDITIONS ONT THE SLAVE SHIPS

• Various shackles
• Hand cuffs for slaves
• Leg shackles
• Thumb screws
• Speculum oris to open closed jaws

WHEN DID THE PASSAGE ROUTE START

• It started in the early 1500's

WHAT WERE THE SHIPS LIKE

• Ships varied greatly in size and in
• The number of passengerse they held.
• Average slaves had about 6 square feet
• Of deck space on the ships for slaves

WHERE WERE THE PEOPLE KEPT AND HOW WERE THEY KEPT ON THE SHIPS

• Down at the bottom or working and
• They had the crew aboard the ships so
• They want jump and get away

WHAT WAS THE ROUTE OF THE MIDDLE PASSAGE

• The trade routes was Atlantic,Africa,Europe
• Caribbean. the middle passage were those
• Routes that went from africa to the new
• World including both the caribbean and
• The Americas

WHAT MONEY OR GOODS WAS BEING TRADED OR SOLD ON THIS ROUTE

• How they got money they
• Traded slaves and food during the route