Just as horrifying as these death marches was the Middle Passage, as it was called -- the transport of slaves across the Atlantic ... and the air nearly unbreathable. Women were often used ...

In the morning they confessed their intention and the women as well as the ... African people died during the Middle Passage. In 1781, the crew of the slave ship Zong threw 132 captive Africans ...

During the Middle Passage portion ... Walking by an installation of former slave and abolitionist Olaudah Equiano, I heard two young black women discussing the 1619 Project and how they didn ...

Just as horrifying as these death marches was the Middle Passage, as it was called -- the transport of slaves across the Atlantic ... and the air nearly unbreathable. Women were often used ...

where it took an average of six months to gather the entire human cargo of slaves. The middle passage, as the journey to the Americas was known, could take eight to 13 weeks. Death was common.