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CLEP US History I

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Middle Passage refers to which of the following?
  1. The transport of slaves from Africa to the colonies.
  2. The period between landing in the colonies and being sold.
  3. The state of indentured servitude.
  4. The journey through the North as slaves escaped to Canada.
  5. The section of the Bible that justified slavery.
Explanation
Answer: A - The Middle Passage referred to the transport of slaves from Africa to the colonies. Those who were enslaved were chained in the holds of ships with little room to move and minimal food and exercise. The brutal conditions of the passage were notoriously inhumane, and slave traders assumed that nearly a third of the enslaved would die during the journey.
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