Question

Use the quotation and your knowledge of social studies to answer the question.

“The closeness of the place, and the heat of the climate, added to the number in the ship, which was so crowded that each had scarcely room to turn himself, almost suffocated us….The shrieks of the women, and the groans of the dying, rendered the whole a scene of horror almost inconceivable.”
– The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano
Enslaved people such as those described in the quote experienced a brutal voyage known as the _____.

(1 point)
Responses

Gullah
Gullah

Atlantic Crossing
Atlantic Crossing

Middle Passage
Middle Passage

Columbian Exchange
Columbian Exchange

Answer 1

Middle Passage

The quote describes the cramped, horrific transatlantic voyage enslaved Africans endured, known as the Middle Passage.