Which of the following best describes the middle passsge? 1. It was the journey slaves took from the interior of africa to cargo ships waiting on the gold coast.

2. It was the ceremony that marked a young African's entry into adulthood.

3. It refers to the transportation of African slaves across the Sahara to the Muslim states of the middle east.

4. It was the middle leg of a three-legged journey, a leg in which slaves were transported from Africa to the Americas.