Usually means: Brutal sea journey for enslaved Africans.
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  1. Middle Passage: Merriam-Webster
  2. middle passage: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. middle passage, the middle passage: Collins English Dictionary
  4. middle passage: Wordnik
  5. middle passage: Wiktionary
  6. middle passage: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. Middle passage, middle passage: Dictionary.com
  8. Middle Passage (novel), Middle Passage, Middle passage, The Middle Passage (book), The Middle Passage, The middle passage: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. middle passage: FreeDictionary.org
  10. middle passage: TheFreeDictionary.com
  11. Middle Passage: Merriam-Webster

Definitions from Wiktionary (Middle Passage)

noun:  (obsolete) A middle way, especially between two extremes; an intermediate path in space or time.
noun:  (now historical, often capitalized) Specifically, the middle part of the sea voyage by which slaves were transported from Africa to America.
noun:  Alternative letter-case form of middle passage [(obsolete) A middle way, especially between two extremes; an intermediate path in space or time.]

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