History of the United States I / Unit 2 USH1 0152 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Elmina Castle
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The idea
Portuguese traders built Elmina Castle in present-day Ghana in fourteen eighty-two. Its cannons faced the sea, not inland: they feared European rivals more than Africans.
In practice
A dungeon below as a holding pen, with trader residences and a chapel above.
Where people slip
The anchor calls that dungeon their last sight of home.
Your place on the trail
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