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What was the Middle Passage?
  1. How the colonists transported rum across the Atlantic from the Caribbean to Africa.
  2. The mass conversion of the colonies’ population to Puritanism.
  3. The term that refers to the Pilgrims crossing the Atlantic from Europe to the New World.
  4. The harrowing journey of African Slaves to the New World.
Explanation
Answer - D - The Middle Passage was the journey of African Slaves to the New World.

Key Takeaway: The Middle Passage was the difficult and often treacherous journey made by Africans who were shipped from Africa to the New World as salves. Africans were captured by slave hunters, sometimes aided by African tribesmen who were paid by hunters and/or threatened by rival tribes. The captured Africans were then placed in pens and boarded on slavers-ships bound for the New World.
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