Mannix And Malcolm Cowley: The Middle Passage
The Middle Passage
By: Daniel P. Mannix and Malcolm Cowley The Middle Passage, a common slave trade route in the late 1700’s, is one of the most horrific icons in world history. This article, written by Daniel Mannix and Malcolm Cowley, gives great information concerning how the slaves got there, the treatment of the slaves, slave behavior, and the voyages. In contrast to popular opinion, the majority of slaves brought to America were sold by other Africans, not captured by Europeans. Many of the tribes in Africa’s economy depended souly on the slave trade to provide income. Slaves could have gotten on the ship by committing juvenile crimes like stealing to being sold by their own families for a profit. The main source of slaves, though, was
By: Daniel P. Mannix and Malcolm Cowley The Middle Passage, a common slave trade route in the late 1700’s, is one of the most horrific icons in world history. This article, written by Daniel Mannix and Malcolm Cowley, gives great information concerning how the slaves got there, the treatment of the slaves, slave behavior, and the voyages. In contrast to popular opinion, the majority of slaves brought to America were sold by other Africans, not captured by Europeans. Many of the tribes in Africa’s economy depended souly on the slave trade to provide income. Slaves could have gotten on the ship by committing juvenile crimes like stealing to being sold by their own families for a profit. The main source of slaves, though, was