Middle Passage
noun
: the forced voyage of enslaved Africans across the Atlantic Ocean to the Americas
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Genetics is also adding to local records' searches to track migrations since a family's Middle Passage arrival in the Americas.
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Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY, 26 Dec. 2024
His second, Roots, Heart, Soul: The Story, Celebration, and Recipes of Afro Cuisine in America, centers African Diasporic cuisine, tracing his ancestors’ journey to North America from the Middle Passage through the Caribbean to Chicago.
—The Bon Appétit and Epicurious Staffs, Bon Appétit, 10 Dec. 2024
African Americans used music from the Middle Passage through slavery, and through other generations.
—Demetrius Patterson, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Oct. 2024
Locally, they are also seen as a tribute to those lost throughout the slave trade due to the proximity to the harrowing Middle Passage, with the shackle-like metal that connects the children’s arms.
—Natalie Preddie, Travel + Leisure, 19 Sep. 2024
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Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY, 26 Dec. 2024
His second, Roots, Heart, Soul: The Story, Celebration, and Recipes of Afro Cuisine in America, centers African Diasporic cuisine, tracing his ancestors’ journey to North America from the Middle Passage through the Caribbean to Chicago.
—The Bon Appétit and Epicurious Staffs, Bon Appétit, 10 Dec. 2024
African Americans used music from the Middle Passage through slavery, and through other generations.
—Demetrius Patterson, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Oct. 2024
Locally, they are also seen as a tribute to those lost throughout the slave trade due to the proximity to the harrowing Middle Passage, with the shackle-like metal that connects the children’s arms.
—Natalie Preddie, Travel + Leisure, 19 Sep. 2024
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“Middle Passage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Middle%20Passage. Accessed 8 Feb. 2025.
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