Answer:
A. It involved the mistreatment of millions of slaves captured over the course of 300 years.
B. Two million slaves may have died of disease and mistreatment as they crossed the Atlantic.
The Middle Passage was the trade route in which millions of Africans were transported to the New World as part of the Atlantic slave trade. The slaves were sold in America in exchange for raw materials and goods, such as tobacco and cotton. During this exchange, an estimated 15% of the transported African population died at sea, with many more died in Africa as part of the process of capturing and transporting indigenous people. The number of deaths attributed to the Middle Passage is estimated at up to two million.
