Final answer:
The Middle Passage was the transatlantic journey of enslaved Africans to the Americas and was a part of the triangular trade network. Option A is correct.
Step-by-step explanation:
The exchange at Gerasts, and people between East and the colonies became known as the Middle Passage, which is option B) in the question provided. The Middle Passage refers to the transatlantic journey that enslaved Africans were forced to undertake to reach the Americas.
This voyage was part of the triangular trade, in which Europeans traded manufactured goods with African traders for enslaved individuals. These enslaved people were then transported across the Atlantic Ocean in horrendous conditions to work in the American colonies. The goods produced by their labor, such as sugar, rum, molasses, indigo, cotton, and rice, were then shipped to Europe, completing the triangle.
The Chesapeake colonists initially solved their labor shortages through the use of indentured servants, who were bound by contract to work for a certain number of years. With the expansion of the Atlantic economy and the establishment of more permanent plantations, reliance on indentured servants gave way to the increased use of enslaved African labor, which was facilitated by the Middle Passage.