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Hace 4 días · The Middle Passage. The journey of enslaved Africans across the Atlantic Ocean, from Africa to North America or South America or the Caribbean, was called by many the Middle Passage. It was the most harrowing part of the transition for captured Africans from freedom to slavery. Estimates are that the number of enslaved Africans sent to America ...
Hace 5 días · Slave Voyages is an essential project for those seeking to learn more about enslavement and imperial powers in the Atlantic World, the transatlantic slave trade and Middle Passage, and the African diaspora.
Hace 2 días · Fred Astaire (born Frederick Austerlitz; May 10, 1899 – June 22, 1987) was an American dancer, actor, singer, musician, choreographer, and presenter. He is widely regarded as the "greatest popular-music dancer of all time". He received numerous accolades including an Honorary Academy Award, three Primetime Emmy Awards, a BAFTA Award, two Golden Globe Awards, and a Grammy Award.
Hace 2 días · At the age of six, he was captured by a slave raiding party within the interior of Africa, traveling with them until he made his way to the coast two years later. This was not uncommon during the slave trade, as children were often sold to several parties before traveling the Middle Passage.
Hace 5 días · Middle Passage voyages lasted from as little as three weeks to five months, depending on the weather. Slaves were kept naked and packed close together; the men chained for long periods. Slaves died from diseases such as smallpox, scurvy and measles. Portugal abolished the slave trade in 1761, but the business continued.
Hace 5 días · Despite the passage earlier that year of the Regulated Slave Trade Act, which stipulated better conditions for slave-carrying vessels, the data shows that the Brookes contained human cargo far in excess of the mandated amount, resulting in the deaths of 19 slaves during the 49-day "middle passage" from Africa to Kingston, Jamaica.
Hace 3 días · The Battle of Midway was a major naval battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II that took place 4–7 June 1942, six months after the Empire of Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor and one month after the Battle of the Coral Sea. The U.S. Navy under Admirals Chester W. Nimitz, Frank J. Fletcher, and Raymond A. Spruance defeated an attacking fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy under Admirals ...
