What was the Middle Passage and how did it transform the lives of Africans destined for the New World? 

What was the Middle Passage and how did it transform the lives of Africans destined for the New World?

Sources

The Abolition Project – Middle Passage –  http://abolition.e2bn.org/slavery_44.html

The Middle Passage – Steven Spielberg –  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvhKeJ6m3rY

The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African. Written by Himself. Vol. 1  –  https://docsouth.unc.edu/neh/equiano1/summary.html

African Diaspora Culture –  http://slaveryandremembrance.org/articles/article/?id=A0057