The African slave boarding the ship had no idea what lay ahead. Africans who had made the Middle Passage to the plantations of the New World did not return to their homeland to tell what happened ...

Just as horrifying as these death marches was the Middle Passage, as it was called -- the transport of slaves across the Atlantic. On the first leg of their trip, slave traders delivered goods ...

William Wilberforce used the model during the Abolition Campaign to demonstrate the horrors of the Middle Passage.The model was based on an actual slave ship built in Liverpool in 1780-81 and co ...

"Middle Passage ... but what horror lies behind that abstract rendering! The reality is made unforgettably explicit in "Captive Passage: The Transatlantic Slave Trade and the Making of the ...

Middle Passage Ceremonies and Port Markers Project Founder Ann Chinn says it’s not about slavery - it’s about acknowledging the impacts on history. “I think it’s doing what I think is very ...

The 1788 Slave Trade Act was introduced to try ... public attention at the time but came to symbolise the horrors of the Middle Passage and strengthened the abolition campaign.

The middle passage, as the journey to the Americas ... Eventually, abolitionists focused on the horrors of the slave ship, which help led to the outlaw of the slave trade two centuries ago.