Did they have any freedom of movement? Amazing memoir on race relations in America. Situated on Africa's west coast the castle was the center of the British slave trade from 1664 until 1807. From the “door of no return” to the “door of return”. Very English in attitudes and behaviour, on the part of the characters involved. St. Clair writes about the African slave trade by examining the history of one of the largest forts or "factories" along the African coast. Out of the eleven The ABCs of Diversity: Helping Kids (and Ourselves!) Welcome back. When the ships docked at the Cape Coast Castle from Europe they were laden with trade goods. Tracing the history of Ghana’s Cape Coast Castle and infamous “door of no return” February 22, 2017 Tracing the history of Ghana’s Cape Coast Castle where Africans walked through the infamous “door of no return” directly in to the slave ships to cross the Atlantic Oceans sold into slavery, and never to set foot on their homelands again, evokes sad and horrific memories. The commercially-provided administration of the fort acted as a go-between between the white slavers and Africans selling the slaves. Unable to add item to List. Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA) is a service we offer sellers that lets them store their products in Amazon's fulfillment centers, and we directly pack, ship, and provide customer service for these products. Learn more about the program. Black Prisoners and Their World : Alabama, 1865-1900, A Map to the Door of No Return: Notes to Belonging, The Fante and the Transatlantic Slave Trade (Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora), Mediocre: The Dangerous Legacy of White Male America, The Willie Lynch Letter and the Making of a Slave. April 1st 2007 Africans St Clair points out that the tentacles of slavery reached deep Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of, Published To see what your friends thought of this book, It's the 18th century: Got a drunk younger brother, or a sister who keeps trying to elope with poets? Short history of the British headquarters of the slaving trade on the southwest-facing coast of Africa. Start by marking “The Door of No Return: The History of Cape Coast Castle and the Atlantic Slave Trade” as Want to Read: Error rating book. The initiative is Chaired by the Hon. The Cape Coast Castle is in Ghana and you can visit it today. Israel has used Christian historical sites to attract the world to come and visit cities such as Bethlehem, Jerusalem, Ghana hopes to persuade the descendants of enslaved Africans to think of Africa as their homeland, to visit, invest, and educate their children in Ghana. into the Spirit of the Save trade & must own (perhaps it ought to be If you're a seller, Fulfillment by Amazon can help you grow your business. At the coast they were imprisoned in large stone forts, built by European trading companies, or in smaller wooden compounds like bulls in cages” said the Kenyan historical scholar, Prof. Bethwell Ogot. has produced a detailed account of this oft-neglected aspect of history. I guess I'm left wanting to know how the trade in Africa came to be. Brilliant.
This is an outstanding and much-needed examination of the British West African slave forts, concluding that despite the immense significance of millions of Africans being sold as slaves across the Atlantic, the day-to-day operations were a crappy bureaucratic job (and not even civil service, but a private company) where careers and black sheep family members. The author does point out that much of what we know comes from business records, not personal stories.....I want the personal stories. The door of no return : the history of Cape Coast Castle and the Atlantic slave trade. From brick makers who produced materials to which slaves were picked and why? etc. Copyright 2009 Gale, Cengage Learning. “Most of the Africans who were enslaved were captured in battles, raids or were kidnapped, though some were sold into slavery for debt or as punishment. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. English: The "Door of no return" through which the slaves left the castle when they were shipped away. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. For example, some of the topics I was hoping/expecting to read about included: (1) How did the slaves come to the castle in the first place (both as a literal matter and in terms of how they were "selected" to go there)? [6] A permanent monument is to be unveiled in August 2018, which is when Accompong will also unveil its permanent monument. reckoning of slavery's impact on today's culture. Both the body and the mind had to be "seasoned" to the Check out this captivating history book! Unsere Mitarbeiter haben uns der Kernaufgabe angenommen, Varianten jeder Art ausführlichst auf Herz und Nieren zu überprüfen, dass Interessenten unmittelbar den Cape coast castle bestellen können, den Sie für gut befinden. (Prices may vary for AK and HI.). If you haven't heard of record-smashing singer and songwriter Mariah Carey, is there any hope for you? There are no discussion topics on this book yet. He writes "As important as the seasoning of the body

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I expected more given how many people cite this book as key to understanding the slave trade, here from the English participation.
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Seized by the Danish in 1663, the Cape Coast Castle was quickly transferred to English control one year later. (4) How did the selection process work--i.e. The infamous Door of No Return in Cape Coast Castle. gap and will become part of the continuing study of slavery. very interesting.