In the article “The Middle Passage,” the author discusses the Middle Passage of the African slave trade. The main idea of this article, is to express the appalling things the African slaves went through on the Middle Passage. The main idea is shown when the author says, “ The slaves were branded with hot irons and restrained in shackles. With 300 to 400 people packed in a tiny area with little ventilation and not even enough room to place buckets for human waste.” The quote supports the main idea of the passage because it shows how terrible the conditions really were for the slaves. The author uses Olaudah Equiano, an african boy who was captured, to show how a firsthand encounter. He uses this source when talking about how painful the journey
