middle passage

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noun History/Historical.

the part of the Atlantic Ocean between the west coast of Africa and the West Indies: the longest part of the journey formerly made by slave ships.

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Origin of middle passage

First recorded in 1780–90

Words nearby middle passage

middlemost, middle name, middle-of-the-road, Middle Palaeolithic, Middle Palisade, middle passage, Middle Path, Middle Persian, middle rectal node, middle rectal vein, Middle River

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According to Pew, 14 of the 20 countries in the Middle East and North Africa have blasphemy laws.
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In the middle of all of that past suffering and present-day conflict, this Cosby bomb was dropped.
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And, especially when it comes to the middle, personality counts.
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The same picture emerges from middle class men in the U.S., Canada, and the Nordic countries.
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As a white, educated, Western, middle-class male, I possess most of the unearned privilege the world has to offer.
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She looked so sweet when she said it, standing and smiling there in the middle of the floor, the door-way making a frame for her.
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Suddenly, however, he became aware of a small black spot far ahead in the very middle of the unencumbered track.
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The Seven-score and four on the six middle Bells, the treble leading, and the tenor lying behind every change, makes good Musick.
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When we speak against one capital vice, we ought to speak against its opposite; the middle betwixt both is the point for virtue.
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Dinner occurred in the middle of the day, and about nine in the evening was an informal but copious supper.
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British Dictionary definitions for middle passage

middle passage

noun

the middle passage history the journey across the Atlantic Ocean from the W coast of Africa to the Caribbean: the longest part of the journey of the slave ships sailing to the Caribbean or the Americas

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