What Was the Second Middle Passage? by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. | Originally posted on The Root Thanks to the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database, edited by David Eltis and David Richardson, we know that about 388,000 Africans were transported directly to the United States over the course of the slave trade, which ended officially in 1808.
If something is uncanny, it is so mysterious, strange, or unfamiliar that it seems supernatural. If you hear strange music echoing through your attic, you might refer to it as positively uncanny. You can also use uncanny to refer to something that is so remarkable that it is beyond what is natural: as in uncanny abilities.. This adjective was formed in English from the prefix un- not and canny fortunate, safe.. The current meaning of English canny is careful and clever, especially in handling money..
strange, singular, unique, peculiar, eccentric, erratic, odd, quaint, outlandish mean departing from what is ordinary, usual, or to be expected. strange stresses unfamiliarity and may apply to the foreign, the unnatural, the unaccountable. a journey filled with strange sights; singular suggests individuality or puzzling strangeness. a singular feeling of impending disaster; unique implies singularity and the fact of being without a known parallel. a career unique in the annals of science; peculiar implies a marked distinctiveness. the peculiar status of America's first lady