Middle Passage
noun
: the forced voyage of enslaved Africans across the Atlantic Ocean to the Americas
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The exhibit addresses the Middle Passage, an especially fraught part of the Atlantic Ocean crossing where many of the captives died.
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Arkansas Online, 13 Mar. 2026
The exhibit addresses the Middle Passage, an especially fraught part of the Atlantic Ocean crossing where many of the captives died.
—ABC News, 12 Mar. 2026
But women were among the captives who survived the Middle Passage.
—Ed Gaskin, Boston Herald, 8 Mar. 2026
Inspired by her book 'The New Red Book,' the exhibit traces Houston’s Black history through place and time, featuring a Black Houston mural and a timeline from Africa and the Middle Passage to Juneteenth and modern cultural milestones.
—Ana Khan, Houston Chronicle, 29 Jan. 2026
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Arkansas Online, 13 Mar. 2026
The exhibit addresses the Middle Passage, an especially fraught part of the Atlantic Ocean crossing where many of the captives died.
—ABC News, 12 Mar. 2026
But women were among the captives who survived the Middle Passage.
—Ed Gaskin, Boston Herald, 8 Mar. 2026
Inspired by her book 'The New Red Book,' the exhibit traces Houston’s Black history through place and time, featuring a Black Houston mural and a timeline from Africa and the Middle Passage to Juneteenth and modern cultural milestones.
—Ana Khan, Houston Chronicle, 29 Jan. 2026
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“Middle Passage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Middle%20Passage. Accessed 20 Mar. 2026.
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