Cape coast castle was used for the slave trade, sending slaves to Brazil, Carribean, and North America. The tour was fascinating and very moving. It was really interesting to hear about the slave trade from the other side. Slaves were taken mainly from the northern region and basically walked to the coast being sold by different tribes as they walked. The Europeans bought them in exchange for guns and other goods that the tribes needed. One of the things that our guide pointed out that I think is really important is that there was also slavery in Africa at the time, however the slaves were not treated inhumanely like they were in the states. Word never got back to Afirca about the conditions in the countries where the slaves were being taken which may also contribute to Africans trading their own people.
www.capecoastcastlemuseum.com Below: entrance to the men's dungeon. They had around 1000 slave packed into 5 very small rooms where they were only removed to eat once maybe twice a day. The women's dungeon was very similar. Interestingly enough, the chapel for the castle was directly above the dungeon.
Below: this is the floor of the dungeon. The rut is for the human waste, however with 200 men in one room it got blocked and built up so that it was a couple inches deep. Of the five rooms they have only excavated one to reveal the bricks so if you were to excavate this floor and sample it you would find traces of human waste.
Below: this is the last of the five rooms and the only one with any light and the last one before the tunnel leading out to the slave ship. It is the only one with light because this is where they "sorted" out the slave who were not healthy enough to make the long journey and they needed to be able to see them. The steps with bottles are part of the indigenous religion where they are honoring their ancestors who were traded as slaves.
Below:The "door of no return". This is the last door the slaves went through before getting on the slave ship. Recently some ancestors of slaves that were traded from this castle exhumed their bones and brought them back to honor their ancestors.
Below:Fisherman and a view down the coast.
Below:A plaque to remember those who were traded into slavery...and our very nice tour guide.
How could humans lock up other humans? In those conditions. Breaks my heart.
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