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The Door of No Return
William St. Clair
其他書名
The History of Cape Coast Castle and the Atlantic Slave Trade
出版BlueBridge, 2007
主題History / Africa / GeneralHistory / Africa / WestHistory / WorldSocial Science / Slavery
ISBN19333460519781933346052
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=ZAm5AAAAIAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋The grim history of the slave trade from Africa is one that has had an impact on generations of people all over the world. While much of the initial voyage and inhumane treatment of slavery has been historically analyzed, there has been little written on the several forts and castles along the coast of Ghana that were used as slave holding facilities. This book focuses primarily on Cape Coast Castle, the African headquarters of the British slave trade from 1664 to 1807, through which countless men, women, and children were sold as slaves and carried away on slave ships, often to North America. It tells the story of the people who lived, worked, or were imprisoned within its walls, as well as the construction and upkeep of the building, the arrivals and departures of ships, the negotiations with local African leaders, and the deadly diseases inside.