Get familiar with your bull. A commonly-overlooked step in the bull-ride is getting somewhat familiar with the bull you're going to be sitting on top of. Spend a few minutes watching the bull in its pen, getting a sense of his aggression and tendencies. Watch the bull when he's ridden by other riders.
Definition of Middle Passage. : the forced voyage of enslaved Africans across the Atlantic Ocean to the Americas.
Read More on This Topic. slavery (sociology): The international slave trade. Once a ship was loaded, the trip, known as âthe Middle Passage,â usually to Brazil or an island in the Caribbean, was a matter of a few weeks to several months. Between 1500 and the end of the 19th century the time of the voyage diminished considerably.