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How long was the “Middle Passage” the time the slaves spent on the ship from Africa to America or to England?
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How long was the “Middle Passage” the time the slaves spent on the ship from Africa to America or to England?

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The voyage usually took six to eight weeks, but bad weather could increase this to 13 weeks or more. This engraving (a type of print) of the slave ship the Brookes, from Liverpool, shows the slaves packed into the hold of the ship.
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Traveling from Africa to America or Africa to England took around 6 to 8 weeks, with bad weather causing 13 weeks or more.
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