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    The Middle Passage was the worst part of the triangular trade, says McKenna Misko. The goal for the Europeans was to accumulate slaves from africa, so that they can work on plantations in the New World. Slaves were crowded, starved, and raped, and many died during the voyage.

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    The Middle Passage was the worst part of the triangular trade, says McKenna Misko. The goal for the Europeans was to accumulate slaves from africa, so that they can work on plantations in the New World. Slaves were crowded, starved, and raped, and many died during the voyage.

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    TheHorrorsoftheMiddlePassage

    McKennaMisko
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    InthispaperIseektoasseswhytheMiddlePassagewastheworstpartofthe
    TriangularTrade.Pbs.orgsays,[theTriangularTradewas]avoyagethatbeganand
    endedinEurope.Thefirstlegofthevoyagecarriedacargothatoftenincludediron,
    cloth,brandy,firearms,andgunpowder.UponlandingonAfrica's"slavecoast,"the
    cargowasexchangedforAfricans.Fullyloadedwithitshumancargo,theshipsetsailfor
    theAmericas,wheretheslaveswereexchangedforsugar,tobacco,orsomeother
    product.ThefinallegbroughttheshipbacktoEurope.TheshipsthensailedtotheWest
    Indiesandtradedformoresupplies.Finally,fromtheWestIndiestheshipssailedtothe
    NewWorld.IarguethatthemiddlepassagewastheworstpartfortheAfrican
    AmericansbeingbroughttotheNewWorldtoworkasslaves.Ushistory.orgsays,The
    "MiddlePassage",[isknownasthevoyagethat]broughttheslavesfromWestAfricato
    theWestIndies.Thehorrorsthattookplaceduringthemiddlepassagecannotbe
    summedupinafewwords.Recoveredhistories.orgdescribesthemiddlepassageas,
    oneofhistorysmosthorrificchapters,showingthehumancapacityforbothcrueltyand
    insensitivityandstrengthandsurvival.Iwillprovethisbyprovidingprimaryevidence
    fromslavesthatenduredthemiddlepassage,andbygoingintodetailaboutthehorrific
    eventsthatoccurredduringthevoyage.

    FirstIwillexplainthestrugglesoftheMiddlePassage.Thegoalforthe
    EuropeanswastoaccumulateslavesfromAfrica,sothattheycanworkonplantationsin
    theNewWorld.OlaudahEquiano,aNigerianwhowaskidnappedasachild,andbrought

    intotheslavetradeoncedescribedtheconditionsofthevoyageas,"Theclosenessofthe
    place,andtheheatoftheclimate,addedtothenumberintheship,whichwassocrowded
    thateachhadscarcelyroomtoturnhimself,almostsuffocatedus.Thisproducedcopious
    perspirations,sothattheairsoonbecameunfitforrespiration,fromavarietyof
    loathsomesmells,andbroughtonasicknessamongtheslaves,ofwhichmanydied,thus
    fallingvictimstotheimprovidentavarice,asImaycallit,oftheirpurchasers".Slaves
    couldn'ttrusteachother,especiallythewomen.ThewomensleptwiththeEuropeanson
    deck,andwoulddivulgetheslaves'planstotakeovertheshipinordertogainahigher
    status,oravoidabeatinggiventothembythecrewmembers.Slaveswouldbebeaten,
    andsometimeskilled.Ifaslavehadthechance,heorshewouldcommitsuicideby
    jumpingoverboardbecauseitwasthepreferableoption,ratherthanworkingona
    plantationfortherestofoneslife.Ifaslavedidntdiefromabeatingorsuicide,they
    diedfromtheharshconditions.Theslavesdescribedthesleepingandeatingconditionsas
    intolerableandhorrific.TheAfricanslaveswouldbepackedintoaroom,sleepingontop
    ofeachotheratnight.Diseaseswerespread,alongwithdepressionandawishfordeath.
    Whenslaverywasabolished,about11millionslaveswerekidnappedfromAfrica,and
    nearly2milliondiedontheirwayovertotheNewWorld.TheMiddlePassagehad
    negativeeffectsonthewholeglobe.
    TheMiddlePassagewasarguablythemosthorrendousvoyage.Millionsofslaves
    died,andmanymorewerekidnapped.AsaresultofdecreaseinpopulationinAfrica,
    statesandvillagesweredestroyed.Moregroupsfought,andpeacewasobliterated.We
    mayknowofthehorrorsthattookplaceduringthevoyage,butwewillnevertrulyhow

    terribletheconditionswere.TheMiddlePassageandTriangularTradeasawholeisone
    ofthebestrepresentationsofhumanabuseandcruelty.Thepointofthejourneywasto
    spreadlaborersaroundAmerica.Itworked,buttheEuropeansdidnotrealizetheeffect
    thatithadontheworld.TheMiddlePassagewastheworstpartofthetriangulartrade,
    andthemostdangerousandlifescarringvoyagetoevertranspire.

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