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Cape Coast Castle
Cape Coast, N/A, Ghana
One of the largest European trading posts of the transatlantic slave trade on the West African coast, used successively by Swedish, Dutch, and British traders. Enslaved Africans were held in its dungeons before passing through its Door of No Return.
Counter-Narrative
The myth this site refutes: that the African American struggle was isolated. It resonated from Paris to Lagos to Port-au-Prince.
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"Shared theme: Slavery & International Diaspora Connections"
"Shared theme: Slavery & International Diaspora Connections"
"Shared theme: Slavery & International Diaspora Connections"