Cape Coast Castle, Cape Coast, Central region of Ghana
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Visiting Cape Coast Castle, you will see the "Door Of No Return". Just right of this door, leading to the beach, you see some of the slave dungeons. Keep in mind, slaves came mainly from the Northern parts of today Ghana, Ivory Coast, Togo and Burkina Faso. Not from Ashante, Fante and Ga tribes.
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Cape Coast Castle, Cape Coast, Central region of Ghana - a main Slave trading fort, within the Trans Atlantic Slave Trade.
Cape Coast Castle (Museum) is a fortification in Ghana. The first timber construction on the site was erected in 1653 for the Swedish Africa Company and named Carolusborg after King Charles X of Sweden. It was later on rebuilt in stone.In April 1663 the whole Swedish Gold Coast was seized by the Danes, and integrated in the Danish Gold Coast In 1664 the Castle was ... Read More (Visit the Castle Website, for more information!) |
DNA sleuths trace bones of slaves to Nigeria, Ghana, Cameroon
By AFP 11.03.2015 - Using a new approach to DNA analysis, the 17th century bones of three African slaves have been traced to their countries of origin for the first time, researchers said Monday. Until now, uncovering the precise origins of the 12 million African slaves sent to the New World between 1500 and 1850 has been challenging, since few historical records exist from the time. Often, the ports from which the slaves were shipped is known, but not the nations from which they came... Read More
By AFP 11.03.2015 - Using a new approach to DNA analysis, the 17th century bones of three African slaves have been traced to their countries of origin for the first time, researchers said Monday. Until now, uncovering the precise origins of the 12 million African slaves sent to the New World between 1500 and 1850 has been challenging, since few historical records exist from the time. Often, the ports from which the slaves were shipped is known, but not the nations from which they came... Read More
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