Portuguese Church
March 4, 2021 in Ghana ⋅ ⛅ 88 °FConverted to a Slave Market.
Converted to a Slave Market.
Use to train and strengthen soldiers stationed at the castle.
A UNESCO Heritage sight that's a sad part of our human history.
Lots of light and ventilation.
Can you tell which one was for Europeans or which one was for slaves?
Here slaves lost their final piece of respect and dignity. How they survived so much humiliation and mistreatment is beyond my comprehension.
Like cattle slaves were branded on various parts of their bodies including their foreheads.. so they could be easily recognized by their slave masters.
Led from the dungeon chained and shackled, female slaves were slid down this opening to shortly thereafter be put on ships.
Red brick is the original floor that slaves sleep on for up to 3 months. No padding, no memory foam.
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With a former church right in the middle of where all of the slave trade action took place here.
You might also know this place by the following names:
Elmina, אלמינה, エルミナ, 엘미나, São Jorge da Mina, Элмина, Елмина, ایلمینا