The Middle Passage: Sailing the Atlantic's Grave

The Atlantic Slave Trade: Empire Built on Human Suffering — Fexingo History · Oct 11, 2026 · 7m · transcript

We often think of the Transatlantic Slave Trade as a series of ports and markets, but the true horror was anchored in the weeks spent crossing the ocean itself. In this episode, we turn our attention to the ships that carried over twelve million Africans across the Atlantic between the sixteenth and nineteenth centuries. We explore the terrifying conditions aboard vessels like the Brooks, where human beings were packed into holds so low that standing upright was impossible. Lucas and Luna examine how shipbuilders optimized cargo space with terrifying efficiency, turning human lives into…