In addition to the process of enslavement itself, what is meant by the term “Middle Passage”?
a) the transition between Africa and the Americas
b) the transition from a higher standing in society to a lower one
c) the transition from the free rural areas to the slaveholding cities
d) the transition between this world and the West African view of an afterlife
Answer: a
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A. all land-owning adults. B. all church members. C. adult males who were church members. D. "selectmen." E. land-owning males.