Why did Africans come to North America through the Middle Passage?

Question

A.
They came because the Europeans forced them to leave Africa.
B.
They came because they wanted to start new lives in the New World.
C.
They came because Europeans offered free passage in return for manufactured goods.
D.
They came because they wanted to sell sugar and cotton from Africa to the colonists.

Answer 1

The correct answer is:

A. They came because the Europeans forced them to leave Africa.

The Middle Passage refers to the forced transportation of enslaved Africans across the Atlantic Ocean to the Americas, where they were subjected to enslavement and exploitation.