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2019.....400 years after the first slaves left Ghana

 
sgtdjones 2019-01-05 14:42:30 

2019.....400 years after the first slaves left Ghana


The country's Year of Return marks 400 years since the first enslaved Africans arrived in North America. It's a somber recognition of the evil that befell Ghana's past inhabitants and their descendants — and the strength with which they've faced it.
Legacies of the slave trade are unavoidable. Cape Coast Castle, one of many historic coastal forts, was where slaves were held before being dispatched to America and the Caribbean. This brutal and fascinating reminder was visited by the Obamas in 2009 and Melania Trump in 2018.

Inside Ghana's Elmina Castle is a haunting reminder of its grim past

Ghana’s Slave Castles: The Shocking Story of the Ghanaian Cape Coast

 
sgtdjones 2019-01-05 14:44:33 

This African Coastline Has More Castles Than Anywhere Else in the World

Stretched along 539km (335 miles) of Ghanaian coastline are the architectural remnants of trading that began with timber and gold, ended in slavery, and was coveted by the Dutch, Portuguese, Danish, Swedish, Norwegians, Germans, and the British who all left their visible mark in these tumultuous and changing years. From the 15th to the 19th century, more than 40 forts and castles were built in the then Gold Coast, and a good portion of them can still be seen today.

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