Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index The Middle Passage was one leg of the slave trade - that is the one transporting people from Africa to North America, South America and the Caribbean. It was called the Middle Passage as the slave trade was a triangular system - the boats left Europe, went to Africa, then to America, and then returned to Europe. It is estimated that 15-20% did not survive the journey. External links The Middle Passage From Africans in America This article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by fixing it. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.