Middle Passage (novel)

Middle Passage

First edition
Author	Charles R. Johnson
Language	English
Genre	Historical novel
Publisher	Atheneum Publishers
Publication date	1990
Publication place	United States
ISBN	0-684-85588-7
Preceded by	Being and Race
Followed by	Dreamer: A Novel

Middle Passage (1990) is a historical novel by American writer Charles R. Johnson about the final voyage of an illegal American slave ship on the Middle Passage. Set in 1830, it presents a personal and historical perspective of the illegal slave trade in the United States, telling the story of Rutherford Calhoun, a freed slave who sneaks aboard a slave ship bound for Africa in order to escape a forced marriage. The novel received critical acclaim, winning the 1990 U.S. National Book Award for Fiction.^[1]