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4 min readNov 6, 2019
The historical view of the Middle Passage was the recounting of Europeans enslaving 12.4 million Africans and transported to various countries in the Americas between the 16th and 19th centuries. Further details of the atrocity were shrouded in mystery due to the collective knowledge and cultural history of those captured being wiped away. However, through records, personal documents and past diagrams, historians were able to unpack the multitude of factors that contributed to the experience of the Middle…