A Walkthrough Of the Elmina Castle - West African Slave Trade History, Ghana
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 16 ก.ค. 2019
- This was the second fort / castle we visited in Ghana which was part of the West African slave trade. All of these castles and forts along the coast have one distinct feature, the door of no return. The door people left and never returned to their homeland before setting foot on a boat which brought them to the Americas, against their will.
Walking through the Elmina castle is extremely haunting and makes you you feel so upset, even more though when you hear about the history.
If you're in Ghana and want to only visit one slave trade castle, I would recommend to to go Elmina. The one in Cape Coast is very, very touristy.
We're going to write about the Elmina Castle soon on our Ghana Travel Blog:
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This video was recorded with this camera:
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Learn more about the history of the Elmina Castle on our Ghana Travel Blog: ghana.for91days.com/2019/07/28/elmina-castle/
I have walked through El Mina ~ 20 years ago. My father was born in Ghana not far from the Gold Coast and Ivory Coast slave port. Now I understand where my claustrophobia and anxiety came from. It’s in my DNA.
profoundly consequential. Walking through the narrow dark one-way passage, the very same tunnel my ancestors walked into the New World was a life changing experience.
The voice of the captive souls who passed through echoes in the walls.
To think you about your ancestors while taking this tour must have been very difficult.
@@For91Days my father was born in the Gold Coast in Abodom, a village 100 miles or 200 km) from El Mina Castle, just a 4 hour drive.
Imagine walking through a dark dank tunnel carved out of rock; a tunnel so narrow that we were forced to walk single file and bent down. The passage was closed-in such a way that I could barely stretch my arms to full wingspan or stand straight up. We were shuffling one by one all in a row towards the light at the end of the tunnel. I felt like I was suffocating my way through the one way passage. I had to close my eyes to keep from fainting . Portuguese and Dutch transatlantic slave traders built the castle precisely this way to discourage runaways.
As we approached the light we realized that it was not merely window looking out to the Atlantic Ocean but rather an onboarding gate where slaves walked onto ships docked at the tunnel, as if they were boarding a cruise ship.
This is literally known as the “Door of No Return”.
I have always been extremely claustrophobic.
Now I know why. 🧬
@@Dr.JudeAEMasonMD That this all was even possible and that the effects of these times are still all around, it's such a horror! And that there so many people who can't even talk about this part of the history in a normal manner, it's just shocking.
@@For91Days you spoke it brother.
One of the many Portuguese forts along the Gold Coast - Castelo de S. Jorge d'Elmina erected in 1482
Every Time I Watch These Types Of Video's About The Trans-Atlanta Trade, And Hearing The Story Of What Happens Brings Me To Tears Every Time. How Could People Have Been So Inhumane? 😢
I visited the castle and took a tour. At one point is was too much and I just sobbed thinking of what was done to these people.
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Its sad. Also sad how there were millons of white slaves in africa too. Look it up
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This was breathtaking
I toured the castle back in September and there was such a heaviness on me that I was having trouble breathing 😮💨
Same .. awful!
sitting with a tear running down my cheek
Whose a nice history experience 😃 see you soon Feb 2024 🙂
Visiting Excursion/Father/Mother side 🎉🎉🎉
Hi, trust you are well. Just came across this video, I am doing a documentary on the Continued effect of slavery on the black man. Unfortunately, we can't get to GHANA Cape Coast Castle due to budget constraints. Is it possible to use some of your footage? We are doing an Educational feature.
You can get in touch via our website but in order to use this footage you would need to purchase a license.
My cousin was named Sophie sconiers and she was the princess in Ghana but she got sold in slavery don’t belive me look it up.
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Hellooooo History 😊 oh Wauw 😊
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Shalom may I share this video on my other TH-cam page?
Elmina whose thoughtful experience
Nice talipia
Paperwork Hase been found.....
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Goodday Africa 😊
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It is sad the things we humans often do to one another, things we institutionalize, only to find out decades or even centuries later how wrong we were.
And we say we don't believe in slavery today, but what are we doing about those that are forced into sex slavery? A young lady who lives here in the U.S. told how she escaped living in North Korea, only to be a sex slave for awhile (I think in China, not sure), before she could make her way here. That's been in the 21st century! We may not be forcing people to work plantations, but we Americans aren't doing enough, or really much of anything, to stop the sex slavery going on right here in our own country!
If you want to stop it, a big step would be to make all pornography illegal, all aspects of it. Making it, owning it, distributing it, and wilfully acting in it. They'll scream about free speech rights and the Constitution, but we can't let them use that for that purpose, the Constitution wasn't written by perverts.
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Horrible history. You can read more about it on our Ghana Blog: ghana.for91days.com/2019/07/28/elmina-castle/
And how are these yt pple just walking around freely, aaaaaaaargh simply annoying
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Hi!
Love the architecture of that castle.
It has some very heavy history as well - read all about it on our Ghana Travel Blog: ghana.for91days.com/elmina-castle/
The slave dungeon was dark and damp. I've been to Elmina and Cape Coast and the architecture wasn't remarkable. Hallways and rooms it a place to hold prisoners who became slave eventually. A house of horror. You wouldn't need much skill to build it but it served it purpose.
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So glad you like it - if you want to learn more about the Elmina Castle, check out our Ghana Travel Blog: ghana.for91days.com/2019/07/28/elmina-castle/