Which of the following best describes the middle passage?

a.
it was the middle leg of a three-legged journey, a leg in which slaves were transported from africa to the americas.

b.
it refers to the transportation of african slaves across the sahara to the muslim states of the middle east.

c.
it was the journey slaves took from the interior of africa to cargo ships waiting on the gold coast.

d.
it was the ceremony that marked a young africans entry into adulthood.