Middle Passage Facts Bbc Bitesize. The middle passage was the crossing from africa to the americas, which the ships made carrying their ‘cargo’ of slaves. A triangular trade route across the atlantic took goods from europe to africa, african slaves to the americas and west indies, and mostly raw materials produced on the plantations back to europe.
This pack contains 9 lessons. A triangular trade route across the atlantic took goods from europe to africa, african slaves to the americas and west indies, and mostly raw materials produced on the plantations back to europe. Although slave trade was banned by the british in 1807, in america by 1808, france and netherlands in 1815, portugal on 1817, and spain in 1820 illegal trade continued for some years.
When zong sailed from accra with 442 slaves on 18 august 1781, it had taken on more than twice the number of people that it could safely transport.
• bbc ks3 bitesize on elizabeth • historiography 1 how elizabeth seemed to adopt a 'middle way' roman catholics : He was born in nigeria in 1745 into the igbo tribe. • bbc ks3 bitesize on elizabeth • historiography 1 how elizabeth seemed to adopt a 'middle way' roman catholics : The middle passage was the part of the atlantic slave trade where african enslaved people were brought to the americas on slave ships.millions of african people were shipped to the americas over the middle passage.