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Door of No Return, Ouidah
Ouidah, N/A, Benin
Memorial marking the end of the Route des Esclaves, the path enslaved Africans walked from inland holding pens to ships waiting on Ouidah's Atlantic coast. Ouidah was one of West Africa's most active slave trade ports under the Kingdom of Dahomey.
Counter-Narrative
The myth this site refutes: that the African American struggle was isolated. It resonated from Paris to Lagos to Port-au-Prince.
Associated Events
Before & After This Era
← Before · Colonial America
→ After · Early Republic
Sites in Conversation
"Shared theme: Slavery & International Diaspora Connections"
"Shared theme: Slavery & International Diaspora Connections"
"Shared theme: Slavery & International Diaspora Connections"