A review by skersh68
The Middle Passage: White Ships/ Black Cargo by Tom Feelings, John Henrik Clarke

4.0

In this book on the Middle Passage by Tom Feelings he describes the historic ordeal through photography. The Middle Passage was the stage of the triangular trade in which millions of Africans were forcibly transported to the New World as part of the Atlantic Slave Trade. These ships were referred to as white ships/Black Cargo. Some people even referred to the Middle Passage as the Black Holocaust. There is no text that accompanies his photographs because Feelings wants each reader to use his or her own imagination. Feelings I believed wanted the reader to come up with his or her own story as to what happen during this time. I must warn you that most of these photos are graphic and you can see the torture that the slaves were put through when Africans were forced to leave their native home.