History is interesting, this is only part of the story as always. The Muslims started the slave trade, it originally went East not West to the New World. The United States was not responsible for the Slave Trade as is the popular instruction in our public schools. Only 5% of the Slaves ended up in the US. As always the US is (was) responsible for all the Slave Trade.
As for the Slaves that came to the US, in no other country in the World have the Slaves had the opportunity and took advantage of the opportunity that is available in this country. Senators, Congressmen, Supreme Court Judges, Corp Execs, on and on.
I suppose I should do the research myself (and probably will when I get time), but I've heard that Goree is more of a "re-creation" of a slave port than it is a real one. Does anyone know?
Oh, lordy, is this the new mandatory white guilt pilgrimage (begging Mr. Mandela's pardon)? Every President who travels to Africa got to pay his respects there now? I hope Goree has an exhibit about the tribal and royal complicity of Africa in the slave trade - there were the occasional days in the lives of African slaves and captives when the Middle Passage might have been an escape.
Mrs VS