My first Ever Visit to the Point of no return castle #sylvestreanaman
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In this video Explore the chilling history within the walls of a Ghanaian **castle**, a stark reminder of the **slave** trade. This **ghana travel** video documents the somber experience of touring the **slave dungeon**, offering insight into this pivotal point in **history**. Gain a deeper understanding of **ghana** and its past with this **ghana history documentary**.
Cape Coast Castle (Swedish: Carolusborg) is one of about forty “slave castles”, or large commercial forts, built on the Gold Coast of West Africa (now Ghana) by European traders. It was originally a Portuguese “feitoria” or trading post, established in 1555, which was named Cabo Corso.
In 1653, a timber fort was constructed by the Swedish Africa Company. It originally was a centre for timber and gold trade, and then was later used in the Atlantic slave trade.[1] Other Ghanaian slave castles include Elmina Castle and Fort Christiansborg. They were used to harbour enslaved Africans before they were loaded onto ships and sold in the Americas, especially the Caribbean. This “gate of no return” was the last stop before crossing the Atlantic Ocean.[2] Cape Coast Castle, along with other forts and castles in Ghana, are included on the UNESCO World Heritage List because of their testimony to the Atlantic gold and slave trades.
The large quantity of gold dust found in Ghana was what primarily attracted Europe, and many natives of Cape Coast used this to their advantage. In exchange for gold, mahogany, other locally produced goods and enslaved captives, local Africans received clothing, blankets, spices, sugar, silk and many other items. The castle at Cape Coast was a market where this barter trade took place.
Inside the dungeon of Cape Coast Castle, where hundreds of enslaved people were held in cramped conditions before being transferred to boats bound for the western hemisphere
U.S. President Barack Obama and his family inside one of the dungeons during a visit to the Cape Coast Castle in 2009
At the time, enslaved Africans were a valuable commodity in the Americas and elsewhere, and enslaved people were the main trade in Cape Coast.[4] Due to this, many changes were made to the fort. One of the alterations was the addition of large, underground dungeons that could hold as many as a thousand enslaved people awaiting export. Many European nations flocked to the area in order to get a foothold in the slave trade. The business was very competitive, which led to conflict and for this reason, the forts changed hands many times during the course of its commercial history.
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