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N 5° 6.218
W 1° 14.456

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Picture of Cape Coast castle (Ghana): Graves and cannons defending Cape Coast castleWe reached the Door of No Return, the lowest point of Cape Coast castle where slaves would be led whenever a ship arrived. Once through the door, they would be taken on small vessels taking them to the ship that would sail across the Atlantic on the voyage under horrific conditions to the west where the slaves would be sold. The more our guide told us, the quieter we, the European visitors, became. After the Swedes built this castle in 1653, it was conquered by the Danes for a very short while, after which the English took control in 1664. They rebuilt the castle, and would eventually turn it into the administrative centre of their British Gold Coast colony. Initially used for trade in gold and timber, the castle was later adapted to accommodate the trade for which it would become infamous: slaves. Its white and pretty exterior, and its location right on the Atlantic Ocean coast, belies the truth going on here until the abolition of the slave trade in the 19th century: if it were not for the disturbing stories told by the guide and the displays in the small museum, you could almost believe this to be a pretty place. Our guide rounded up his tour with a touching statement in which he said that no one now alive is to be blamed for the history of Cape Coast castle, but that all of us, of all races and religions, should always remember that we should never treat others like inferiors. With those wise words, I walked around the now empty castle, before walking down the beach on the west.

Visited: January 2011

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