My Visit to Amina Castle in Cape Coast, Ghana.

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Last week saturday, AI paidvisit to Amina Castle in Cape Coast, Ghana where the British, Dutch and Porteguese used to carry out slave trade in Africa. This is said to be the biggest castle in West Africa.

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Outside view of the castle.

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View to the sea where the slaves are transported enroute to their destinations.

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An inscription to the then governor of the Dutch.

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This is where the slaves are kept until they are taken out to various countries for slavery.

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This is where slaves who tried to escape are kept without food and care until they die.

IMG_20180428_141330.jpgcastle in West Africa used for this purpose.

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Good place to understand history of the slave trade and its consequences.

@zekans84, yes. You are right, very historic.

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@steemyoda, thank you for the upvote.

Up YALI first of all.. Your write up just reminded me of the injustice suffered by the generation before us. My mom's grandfather escaped that ordeal and I am glad he did because you for no know me today.. May be na for portugal i for dey lolz..

You look so beautiful in that long hair of yours and Your YALI t-shirt and trousers.. That wanna make me sing the line of a british singer You are beautiful ofcourse you are my darling. Am I actually carried away by your beauty? Yes oooo that i forgot the subject matter..

Laughed out loud..

Thank you for dropping this valuable piece of information that reminds me of our history.

I am me @brightfame

@brightfame, hahahaha! It's true oh, you would have been Portugal by now.

Thanks so much. At least, you returned to the topic again. Lol

What an amazing adventure!
Next time don't forget to carry me along....
You guys really enjoyed yourselves

@joagawu, yes oh. It was such a lovely one. Thanks

Such injustice. I'm glad we are past that and things have changed for the better.

@paigegirl, yes, It was so disheartening. But thank God all that is over now.

Yea, thank God.

Like I was there with you...enjoyed very much my trip with you @evarich

@johnskotts, oh yes. That's very cool.

Thanks

Thanks black man suffered for more than 400 years but, God finally decided to free his people, and we became free for the betterment of the society and world we live in today.
History must be told @evarich, what an excellent work

@egbo, thank you. This freedom is costly and should be cherished.

Thanks.

Thanks for sharing your visit. Do not repeat again these situations of humiliation of the human being. Blessings @evarich

@felixgarciap, yes, you're right. Thank you.

Is too important for all societies remember they past, and keep the true history in the education. I admire this, keep the liberty desire of yours ancestors. Here the history is too similar, I feel too the fire what I lived in past lives.

@skrytorio44, yes, you're right. The fight for freedom was expensive, and we should really cherish it.

Thanks