Question

The route in which African slaves were transported to the New World was known as

the encomienda system

the Middle Passage

the Starving Time

tight packing

Answer 1

The route in which African slaves were transported to the New World was known as "The Middle Passage" :D


The Middle Passage was the stage of the triangular trade in which millions of people from Africa were shipped to the New World as part of the Atlantic slave trade. Ships departed Europe for African markets with manufactured goods, which were traded for purchased or kidnapped Africans, who were transported across the Atlantic as slaves; the slaves were then sold or traded for raw materials, which would be transported back to Europe to complete the voyage.

The "Middle Passage" is probably named so because it was considered a time of "in-betweenness" for the slaves being traded from Africa to America.

Answer 2

B. or #2.

The route from Africa to the Americans was known as the Middle Passage because it was the middle of a three-leg route: Finished goods from Europe to Africa, slaves from Africa to the Americas, and the slaves would grow/collect raw resources which were shipped back to Europe to be made into finished goods. Depending on the weather, time of year, current strength, and destinations, it would take anywhere from a few weeks to a few months to make it to an American port. The number one port of entry of African slaves into the British colonies of North America was Charleston, South Carolina. So many Africans went through Charleston that today 25% of all African Americans can trace their roots back to Charleston. The slave trade effected Africa as well as the Americans. African population centers were decimated. Remember, for every 1 African that made it alive to the Americas, 2 died along the way. Second, African economies stagnated because there was no impetus to modernize or industrialize as long as the money flowed from Europeans into African slavers' hands. Finally, the African slave trade resulted in centuries-long disputes between tribes that continue today.

Answer 3

The Middle Passage ATW!!!