print email comment close Captive Passage: The Transatlantic Slave Trade and the Making of the Americas URL: http://ww2.mariner.org/captivepassage/index.html Description: "The transatlantic slave trade was the second leg of a triangular economic route between Europe, Africa, and the Americas." This online exhibit examines this slave trade and "seeks to increase understanding of this maritime epic and its legacies in the modern world." Topics addressed include departure, middle passage, arrival, abolition, and legacy (such as food, education, religion, and music). Also includes images, a quiz, and a bibliography. From The Mariners' Museum, Newport News, Virginia. Publisher: The Mariners' Museum Library of Congress Subject Headings: African diaspora Antislavery movements Black History Month Slave trade Slavery -- America LII Database Information: Record 795 created by Maria Brandt on 06/30/2005 Last modification on 10/26/2009 Published: 06/30/2005   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/795