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Transoceanic segment of the Atlantic slave trade
The Middle Passage was the stage of the Atlantic slave trade in which millions of Africans sold for enslavement were forcibly transported to the Americas
Middle_Passage
1990 novel by Charles Johnson
Middle Passage (1990) is a historical novel by American writer Charles R. Johnson about the final voyage of an illegal American slave ship on the Middle
Middle_Passage_(novel)
Poem by Robert Hayden
"Middle Passage" is a poem by Robert Hayden. Hayden first published the poem in 1945 and revised it in 1962. The American poet Robert Hayden started researching
Middle_Passage_(poem)
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up middle passage in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The Middle Passage was a transoceanic segment of the Atlantic slave trade. Middle Passage or The
Middle Passage (disambiguation)
Middle_Passage_(disambiguation)
1999 docudrama
The Middle Passage (French: Passage du milieu) is a 2000 docudrama film directed by Guy Deslauriers about the trans-Atlantic voyage of black slaves from
The_Middle_Passage_(film)
1962 non-fiction book by V. S. Naipaul
The Middle Passage: The Caribbean Revisited is a 1962 book-length essay and travelogue by V. S. Naipaul. It is his first book-length work of non-fiction
The_Middle_Passage_(book)
American rapper (born 1978)
needed] Between 2005 and 2007 Immortal Technique began working on The Middle Passage and The 3rd World, the two albums that would serve a follow-up to Revolutionary
Immortal_Technique
2008 book by Stephanie E. Smallwood
Saltwater Slavery: A Middle Passage from Africa to American Diaspora is a book by Stephanie E. Smallwood and the 2008 winner of the Frederick Douglass
Saltwater_Slavery
1983 board game of piracy and trade
Middle Passage, subititled "The Game of War, Trade and Piracy in the Atlantic, 1680 to 1830", is a board game published by Ragnarok Enterprises in 1983
Middle_Passage_(board_game)
1781 mass killing of enslaved Africans
were increasingly cited as a powerful symbol of the horrors of the Middle Passage, the transoceanic route by which enslaved Africans were brought to the
Zong_massacre
Cargo ship carrying slaves onboard from Africa to the Americas
the slave ship Henrietta Marie carried about 200 slaves on the long Middle Passage. They were confined to cargo holds, with each slave chained with little
Slave_ship
the United States, also known as the domestic slave trade, the Second Middle Passage and the interregional slave trade, was the mercantile trade of enslaved
Slave trade in the United States
Slave_trade_in_the_United_States
Trinidadian writer (1932–2018)
early 1961 and to write a book on Caribbean history, published as The Middle Passage. Naipaul wrote a monthly "Letter from London" for the Illustrated Weekly
V._S._Naipaul
Slave trade between Africa and the West
the New World. Some voyages used the triangular trade route and its Middle Passage, particularly in the early phases. Europeans established a coastal slave
Atlantic_slave_trade
1976 novel by Alex Haley
first widely read works of fiction to offer a detailed portrayal of the Middle Passage—the transatlantic journey endured by enslaved Africans. It depicts the
Roots: The Saga of an American Family
Roots:_The_Saga_of_an_American_Family
Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
ISBN 0-521-78012-8. Falola, Toyin; Warnock, Amanda (2007). Encyclopedia of the Middle Passage. Greenwood Press. pp. xxi, xxxiii–xxxiv. ISBN 978-0-313-33480-1. Rawley
Slave_Trade_Act_1807
Character in oral history
others were put on the slave ship the Lord Ligonier for a four-month Middle Passage voyage to North America. Kunta Kinte survived the trip to Maryland and
Kunta_Kinte
Former fortified colonial trading post in Ghana
Passage from Africa to American Diaspora (Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press), 35. Stephanine Smallwood, Saltwater Slavery : A Middle Passage from
Cape_Coast_Castle
Trade among three ports or regions
Africa to the West Indies (and later, also to Brazil) was known as the Middle Passage; its cargo consisted of abducted or recently purchased African people
Triangular_trade
Sea route north of North America
The Northwest Passage (NWP) is the sea lane between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans through the Arctic Ocean, near the northern coast of North America
Northwest_Passage
Children's book by Margret and H. A. Rey
Yorker piece, she found contradictory parallels in Curious George to the Middle Passage and the "reassuring and almost fantastical sense of wealth". Galchen
Curious_George_(book)
Book by Zora Neale Hurston
Oluale Kossola, also known as Cudjoe Lewis, and his experiences on the Middle Passage. Lewis is believed to be one of the last known survivors of the voyages
Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo"
Barracoon:_The_Story_of_the_Last_"Black_Cargo"
Last known U.S. slave ship, used in 1860
ISBN 9781982136048. Durkin, Hannah (March 26, 2019). "Finding last middle passage survivor Sally 'Redoshi' Smith on the page and screen". Slavery & Abolition
Clotilda_(slave_ship)
Strait connecting the Atlantic, Pacific, and Southern Oceans
The Drake Passage or Sea of Hoces (Mar de Hoces) is the body of water between Cape Horn in Chile at the southern extreme of the South American mainland
Drake_Passage
Period of adjustment of African slaves in the Americas
Death rates differed among regions in the Americas, though both the Middle Passage and the seasoning period were exceptionally deadly across the Americas
Seasoning_(slavery)
Dubious evolutionary hypothesis
preferring individuals who retain more sodium among black slaves during the Middle Passage. It was originally proposed in 1983 by Clarence Grim and Thomas W. Wilson
Slavery hypertension hypothesis
Slavery_hypertension_hypothesis
Rhode Island slave ship
two-fold. First, the ship offers an example of both the atrocities of the Middle Passage, as well as the attempts of many captured Africans to assert their personhood
Sally_(1764_ship)
Ownership of people as property
Dutch slave trade across the Atlantic (in Dutch) Slave Ships and the Middle Passage at Encyclopedia Virginia The Trans-Atlantic and Intra-American slave
Slavery
English politician and abolitionist (1759–1833)
and children across the Atlantic in the horrific conditions of the middle passage. Of the estimated 11 million Africans transported into slavery, about
William_Wilberforce
American record producer and DJ (born 1966)
a song called "Born in the Trap," on his upcoming album, titled The Middle Passage, would feature production by Premier. In early 2014, Premier revealed
DJ_Premier
West African captive and leader of La Amistad slave revolt in 1839
Amistad series of trial and appeals was held. Robert Hayden's poem Middle Passage incorporates accounts of the revolt on La Amistad and the subsequent
Joseph_Cinqué
1789 autobiography of Olaudah Equiano
account of Africa and the Middle Passage that he supplied. Because only a native African would have experienced the Middle Passage, the abolitionist movement
The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano
The_Interesting_Narrative_of_the_Life_of_Olaudah_Equiano
Philippines during the Iberian Union (1580–1640).[citation needed] The Middle Passage, the crossing of the Atlantic to the Americas, endured by slaves laid
History_of_slavery
American artist and author (1933–2003)
culture, such as To Be a Slave (1968), Jambo Means Hello (1974), and The Middle Passage: White Ships/Black Cargo (1995). Feelings was the recipient of numerous
Tom_Feelings
Practice of feeding a human or animal against their will
traditional beauty norms remain part of the culture. Some Africans on the Middle Passage journey to slavery in the United States tried to take their own lives
Force-feeding
Water spirit in Kongo religion
are folk stories of people meeting mermaids in Central Africa and the Middle Passage. The belief in bisimbi also exists in the traditional spiritual practices
Simbi
Enslaved West African woman (1848–1937)
only newspaper article that is devoted to the experiences of a female Middle Passage survivor". The account, she says, is mediated by the white journalist
Redoshi
1839 slave-ship takeover
traffic massive numbers of enslaved Africans, nor did it engage in the Middle Passage of Africans to the Americas. The ship engaged in the shorter, domestic
La_Amistad
Museum about enslavement and lynching
and other resources. African Peoples Before Captivity Kidnapped: The Middle Passage Three Centuries Of Enslavement Reconstruction: A Brief Glimpse of Freedom
America's Black Holocaust Museum
America's_Black_Holocaust_Museum
African slave
Captain Tomba was an African ruler who was sold into slavery during the Middle Passage of the 18th century. Tomba refused to work with European slave traders
Captain_Tomba
Act of the Parliament of Great Britain
immediately intervene to curtail the abuses perpetrated during the Middle Passage. He said that immediate measures should be introduced to restrict the
Slave_Trade_Act_1788
Transcontinental geopolitical region
The Middle East is a geopolitical region that is generally defined as encompassing all of West Asia except for the Caucasus and including African Egypt
Middle_East
Topics referred to by the same term
Dark Passage may refer to: Dark Passage (esports), Turkish esports team Dark Passage (novel), 1946 novel by David Goodis Dark Passage (film), 1947 film
Dark_Passage
Period of relative world peace under British hegemony
ISBN 0-14-101844-5. Falola, Toyin; Warnock, Amanda (2007). Encyclopedia of the middle passage. Greenwood Press. ISBN 9780313334801. Ferguson, Niall. Empire: The Rise
Pax_Britannica
Political movement in the United States during the 19th and 20th centuries
(Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2004). James Campbell, Middle Passage: African American Journeys to Africa, 1787–2005. (New York: Penguin
Back-to-Africa_movement
British historian (born 1956)
theorizations by engaging questions of queerness, transnationality, and the middle passage. Among the academic responses to Gilroy's black Atlantic thesis are:
Paul_Gilroy
Afro-Ecuadorian music and dance form
Imbabura and Carchi. Its origins can be traced back to Africa via the middle passage and the use of African slave labor during the country's colonial period
Bomba_(Ecuador)
credited with defeating a proposal to commission ships in the town for the Middle Passage, and, with his son William Putnam McCabe, was an active member of the
Thomas McCabe (United Irishmen)
Thomas_McCabe_(United_Irishmen)
English sea captain and slave trader
the slaves" was a regular part of the routine of a slave ship on the Middle Passage; the captain and crew forced slaves to exercise in an effort to decrease
John_Kimber
Central act in the rite of passage ceremonies conferring knighthood
benedictio militis) was the central act in the rite of passage ceremonies conferring knighthood in the Middle Ages. Look up accolade in Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Accolade
the Negro." Beginning as early on in enslavement as the voyage on the Middle Passage, enslaved women received different treatment due to their gender. In
Female slavery in the United States
Female_slavery_in_the_United_States
2007 single by Marc Anthony
goddess of the sea (a reference to Yemaya's healing powers as well as the Middle Passage, in which enslaved Africans were brought across the Atlantic from Africa
Aguanilé
French hip hop band
tam-tam de l'Afrique" focuses on the "abduction of its inhabitants, the Middle Passage, and the plantation system in the Americas". IAM promotes an ideology
IAM_(band)
45. O'Malley, Beyond the Middle Passage, 162. Warren, New England Bound, 265 note 22. O'Malley, Beyond the Middle Passage, 166. William M. Wiecek (1977)
History of slavery in Massachusetts
History_of_slavery_in_Massachusetts
American writer
addressed the issues of black life in America in novels such as Dreamer and Middle Passage. Johnson was born in 1948 in Evanston, Illinois, and spent most of his
Charles_R._Johnson
Canadian musician-poet
Retrieved 2021-01-31. Maga, Carly (April 4, 2016). "Esu Crossing the Middle Passage a powerful journey back in time". The Toronto Star. Retrieved May 8
D'bi.young_anitafrika
rethinking models of memory and the archive, and the effect of the Middle Passage. In 2020, she began serving as the Chair of Graduate Studies in UCLA's
Jenny_Sharpe
1841 U.S. Supreme Court case on the legality of the Atlantic slave trade
subsequent trial is retold in a celebrated poem by Robert Hayden entitled "Middle Passage", first published in 1962. Howard Jones published Mutiny on the Amistad:
United_States_v._The_Amistad
1962 book by Daniel P. Mannix
its subject had "special current overtones". One of the chapters, The Middle Passage was published separately in American Heritage magazine, also in 1962
Black Cargoes: A History of the Atlantic Slave Trade 1518–1865
Black_Cargoes:_A_History_of_the_Atlantic_Slave_Trade_1518–1865
2002 novel by Steven Barnes
Andalus and taken to Bilalistan (southeastern North America) by the Middle Passage. Many die along the way and Aidan's mother suffers a miscarriage. During
Lion's_Blood
Book by Harold Courlander
his homeland by French slave traders, and endures the terrors of the Middle Passage and being sold into slavery. Hwesuhunu is brought to the island of Saint
The African (Courlander novel)
The_African_(Courlander_novel)
Portuguese-born merchant, slave trader, and philanthropist
Atlantic in the Middle Passage and sold into slavery in the Caribbean and the Americas. According to historical studies of the Middle Passage, enslaved Africans
Aaron_Lopez
Former prevalent economic practice in the US
through the Committee for the Abolition of the Slave Trade led to the passage of the 1807 Slave Trade Act by the British parliament in 1807.[page needed]
Slave breeding in the United States
Slave_breeding_in_the_United_States
Poem
The poem is one of Hayden's most recognized works, together with "Middle Passage". The poem is about the father/son relationship – recalling the poet's
Those_Winter_Sundays
Jamaican painter (1942–2026)
catalog. In 2012 an exhibition of Morrison's paintings, titled "The Middle Passage," curated by Julie McGee, was held at the University of Delaware Museums
Keith_Anthony_Morrison
American writer
Will West (1956), Genoa (1965), Patagoni (1971), Apalache (1976), The Middle Passage (1976), Zip Odes (1979), and U.S. Dept. of the Interior (1980). He was
Paul_Metcalf
1994 studio album by Unwound
roiling mass of distortion in "Usual Dosage" gives way to a lambent middle passage of tinkling, ringing tones." However, Mark Morris of UK magazine Select
New_Plastic_Ideas
English composer, conductor and violinist
arranged for soprano, spoken-word artist and orchestra. Spirit of the Middle Passage for three solo singers, spoken-word artist and chamber orchestra was
Shirley_Thompson_(composer)
capability, but political will. A challenge in combating human trafficking in Middle Eastern countries is that the governments deny there is a problem. The lack
Human trafficking in the Middle East
Human_trafficking_in_the_Middle_East
Database at Emory University
the New World. A horrific discovery is a careful estimate that the Middle Passage took a toll of more than 1.8 million African lives. In this quantitative
Voyages: The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database
Voyages:_The_Trans-Atlantic_Slave_Trade_Database
migration of slaves the "Second Middle Passage", because it reproduced many of the same horrors as the Middle Passage (the name given to the transportation
Racism against African Americans
Racism_against_African_Americans
Place where slaves were bought and sold
one million in total took part in the forced migration of this new Middle Passage. By 1860, the slave population in the United States had reached 4 million
Slave_market
Surname list
by Nicholas Sparks Rutherford Calhoun, the protagonist of the novel Middle Passage by Charles Johnson Sergeant Tamora J. Calhoun, the protagonist of the
Calhoun_(surname)
Type of agricultural farm
The journey from Africa across the Atlantic Ocean was called "the middle passage", and was one of the three legs which comprised the triangular trade
Slave_plantation
Bowl and grinder for hand-grinding
this technology—and knowledge of how to use it—with them. During the Middle Passage, some slave ships carried un-hulled rice, and enslaved African women
Mortar_and_pestle
Television series
Retrieved May 30, 2016. Thomson, Ian (February 18, 2009). "Surviving the Middle Passage: [review of] The Book of Negroes". Retrieved May 30, 2016. "Clarkson
The Book of Negroes (miniseries)
The_Book_of_Negroes_(miniseries)
Topics referred to by the same term
episode of US television series Without a Trace Transition (music), the middle passage of a piece of music Transition (band), English indie rock band Transition
Transition
American poet and academic (1913–1980)
small boy being severely punished for some undetermined offense), "Middle Passage" (inspired by the events surrounding the United States v. The Amistad
Robert_Hayden
Unit of the British Royal Navy
February 2011. Falola, Toyin; Warnock, Amanda (2007). Encyclopedia of the middle passage. Greenwood Press. pp. xxi, xxxiii–xxxiv. ISBN 9780313334801. "The legal
West_Africa_Squadron
Type of megalithic tomb
A passage grave or passage tomb consists of one or more burial chambers covered in earth or stone and having a narrow access passage made of large stones
Passage_grave
Invitation to the Game P. D. James – Devices and Desires Charles Johnson – Middle Passage (1990 National Book Award for Fiction) Robert Jordan – The Eye of the
1990_in_literature
African American artist (born 1980)
His work also reflects on the resilience of those who survived the Middle Passage and highlights the significant role of African Americans in shaping
Stephen_Towns
Creole language spoken in Suriname
Pieter; Smith, Norval; Borges, Robert B., eds. (2015). Surviving the middle passage: the West Africa-Surinam Sprachbund. Trends in linguistics Studies and
Sranan_Tongo
Captured 1858 with illegal slave cargo
she was condemned and her captain and crew tried for piracy. On the Middle Passage between Africa and Cuba 141 captives died; she arrived at Charleston
Echo_(1845_ship)
2015 poetry book by Robin Coste Lewis
this black Venus is surrounded by white cherubs and moves across the Middle Passage, urged on by Triton. Central allegorical tenets of the image are in
Voyage of the Sable Venus and Other Poems
Voyage_of_the_Sable_Venus_and_Other_Poems
African diaspora legend
Marshall's 1983 Praisesong for the Widow and Charles R. Johnson's 1990 Middle Passage. The legend itself is included as the title story of Virginia Hamilton's
Flying_Africans
Traditional dance contest from Trinidad
South End Press, 2007. Gates, Henry (1999). Black Imagination and the Middle Passage. Oxford University Press. p. 42. ISBN 9780198029199. Archived from the
Limbo_(dance)
18th-century political organisation in Britain
often sent letters opposing slavery and detailing conditions of the Middle Passage to newspapers, to help provoke debate. Shortly after his correspondence
Sons_of_Africa
Historic site at Dunbar Creek, Georgia, US
In May 1803 a shipload of captive West Africans, upon surviving the Middle Passage, were landed by U.S.-paid captors in Savannah by a slave ship, to be
Igbo_Landing
three voyages at least, the mortality rate among the slaves during the Middle Passage was so low that John's master and surgeon qualified for a bonus payment
John_(1790_ship)
Sculpture in Manhattan, New York, U.S.
Burial Ground, and its support structure alludes to the slave trade's Middle Passage. Following the 1991 discovery of the African Burial Ground, the work
Triumph_of_the_Human_Spirit
American slave, later abolitionist speaker and showman
public figure and fugitive slave, Brown felt extremely endangered by the passage of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, which increased the pressure to capture
Henry_Box_Brown
Slavic and European slaves in the Arab world
of Central, Southern, and Eastern Europe. The term originates from the Middle Greek slavos/sklavenos (Slav), which in Hispano-Arabic came to designate
Saqaliba
Enslavement of people of European descent
and that he had been given orders to allow slave ships on the Black Sea passage on their way to Constantinople, and in December formal tax regulations
White_slavery
1982 demo album by Van der Graaf Generator
the Night. "Faint and Forsaken" is a combination of the instrumental middle passages of "Forsaken Gardens" and "Faint-Heart and the Sermon", different versions
Time_Vaults
2022 poetry collection by Romeo Oriogun
noted its engagement with historical subjects such as slavery, the Middle Passage, forced migration, and the search for home in a globalized world. Nomad
Nomad_(poetry_collection)
Law which abolished slavery in the colonies of the British Empire
September 2009. Falola, Toyin; Warnock, Amanda (2007). Encyclopedia of the middle passage. Greenwood Press. pp. xxi, xxxiii–xxxiv. ISBN 978-0313334801. "The legal
Slavery_Abolition_Act_1833
American historian (1927–1989)
self-creation of the African-American people. It traces the full impact of the Middle Passage and of North American slavery, both on the enslaved and on those who
Nathan_Huggins
2006–2008 PBS television miniseries
and fourth episodes aired as, "Searching for Our Names; Beyond the Middle Passage". Re-runs of the series as individual episodes were broadcast following
African_American_Lives
Territories ruled by the United Kingdom
ships and poor diets meant that the average mortality rate during the Middle Passage was one in seven. After the abolition of slavery in the British Empire
British_Empire
MIDDLE PASSAGE
MIDDLE PASSAGE
Surname or Lastname
English (Lancashire and Yorkshire)
English (Lancashire and Yorkshire) : habitational name from Windhill in West Yorkshire or Windle in Lancashire, both named from Old English wind ‘wind’ + hyll ‘hill’, i.e. a mound exposed to fierce gusts. There is a Windhill in Kent (with the same etymology), but this does not appear to have contributed significantly to the modern surname.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Riddle.
Surname or Lastname
English (northern)
English (northern) : variant of Siddall.
Female
English
Variant spelling of English Madge, MIDGE means "pearl."
Surname or Lastname
English (Lancashire)
English (Lancashire) : topographic name from Old English hind ‘female deer’ + Old English dæl ‘valley’.English (Lancashire) : habitational name from a place in the parish of Whalley, Lancashire, so called from the same first element + Old English hyll ‘hill’.
Male
Hebrew
(גִּדֵּל) Hebrew name GIDDEL means "too great; giant." In the bible, this is the name of the head of a family of temple slaves, and the head of the descendants of Solomon's servants.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Kendall.Variant of German Kindel.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : unexplained. Compare Aduddell.Perhaps an Americanized spelling of German Dittel, from a pet form of a personal name formed with Diet (Germanic theud ‘people’, ‘race’), for example Dietrich.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from a pet form of the medieval personal name Hudde (see Hutt 1).
Surname or Lastname
French
French : from the Germanic personal name Milo (see Miles 1).English : variant spelling of Mill.Dutch : variant of Miele.
Surname or Lastname
English (northeastern)
English (northeastern) : variant spelling of Tindall.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname from a diminutive of Rudd ‘red’.English : habitational name from a place called Ruddle, near Newnham in Gloucestershire.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from any of several places in West Yorkshire, or minor places in Cheshire, named in Old English as ‘midge glade’, from micg(e) ‘midge’ + lēah ‘wood’; ‘clearing’, ‘glade’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for a fiddle player or a nickname for a skilled or enthusiastic amateur, from Old English fiðelere ‘fiddler’.German : variant of Fiedler.
Female
Yiddish
(מִירל) Yiddish form of Hebrew Miryam, MIRELE means "obstinacy, rebelliousness" or "their rebellion."Â
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Beadle.Americanized spelling of German Bittel or its variant Büttel.
Female
English
Pet form of French Madeline, MADDIE means "of Magdala."
Surname or Lastname
English (Somerset)
English (Somerset) : possibly from the Welsh patronymic ap Ridel ‘son of Ridel’.
Male
English
Middle English name of uncertain origin, but commonly associated with Latin Milo, MILE means "soldier."Â Compare with another form of Mile.
Female
German
Variant spelling of Low German Maud, MADDE means "mighty in battle."
MIDDLE PASSAGE
MIDDLE PASSAGE
MIDDLE PASSAGE
MIDDLE PASSAGE
MIDDLE PASSAGE
MIDDLE PASSAGE
MIDDLE PASSAGE
a.
The middle part of the day; noon.
n.
A griddle.
n.
A kind of dock (Rumex pulcher) with fiddle-shaped leaves; -- called also fiddle dock.
imp. & p. p.
of Riddle
v. t.
To mix; to mingle.
imp. & p. p.
of Meddle
n.
One who piddles.
v. t.
To play (a tune) on a fiddle.
a.
Equally distant from the extreme either of a number of things or of one thing; mean; medial; as, the middle house in a row; a middle rank or station in life; flowers of middle summer; men of middle age.
imp. & p. p.
of Piddle
v. t.
To separate, as grain from the chaff, with a riddle; to pass through a riddle; as, riddle wheat; to riddle coal or gravel.
v. i.
To play on a fiddle.
v. i.
To mix; to mingle.
imp. & p. p.
of Fiddle
imp. & p. p.
of Muddle
v. t.
To perforate so as to make like a riddle; to make many holes in; as, a house riddled with shot.
a.
Being about the middle of the ordinary age of man; between 30 and 50 years old.
n.
One who plays on a fiddle or violin.
n.
One of a middle or intermediate class in some schools and seminaries.