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VIDEO: 'Very emotional' Melania Trump visits former slave-holding fort in Ghana
Washington Examiner ^ | Oct 2018 | Caitlin Yilek

Posted on 10/04/2018 2:42:14 PM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege

An estimated 20 million slaves passed through the dozens of trading forts in Ghana. Cape Coast Castle shipped a majority of slaves held there to America.

Trump spent several minutes in one of the castle’s dungeons, where slaves were held in terrible conditions until they were sent abroad. She walked through the “door of no return,” where slaves were brought inside the fort, and laid a wreath near a dungeon door.

“It’s very emotional,” Trump said. “I will never forget the incredible experience and the stories that I heard. … The dungeons that I saw ... what happened so many years ago, it’s really a tragedy.”

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: africa; flotus; flotusmelania; ghana; melania; melaniaafricatrip; slavery; trumpafrica
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To: CondoleezzaProtege
So the Lord used evil men to bring Africans to the United States, to hear and respond to the Gospel of Jesus Christ, creating a point of deviation for them and their descendants on this earth, and freeing them for all eternity to worship the Lord as His prized possession?

Heck of a deal. I love negro spirituals.

21 posted on 10/04/2018 3:47:35 PM PDT by Salvavida
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To: doorgunner69

They never talk about the number of white slaves the Muslims took in Europe. Wouldn’t be politically correct.


22 posted on 10/04/2018 3:53:37 PM PDT by dljordan (WhoVoltaire: "To find out who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize.")
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To: KC_Lion

The only time in my entire very long life that I wish we had a queen.


23 posted on 10/04/2018 4:03:39 PM PDT by jazminerose (Adorable Deplorable)
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To: HotKat

Not even in stilletoes.

But, our lovely Melania does not *walk*, she floats gracefully from place to place.


24 posted on 10/04/2018 4:08:22 PM PDT by jazminerose (Adorable Deplorable)
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

I wonder how many kidnapped Europeans were trafficked thru Ghana and similar places? Thank goodness the western world put an end to it. at least for western civilization.


25 posted on 10/04/2018 4:29:07 PM PDT by blueplum ( "...this moment is your moment: it belongs to you... " President Donald J. Trump, Jan 20, 2017)
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To: EEGator

Yup.


26 posted on 10/04/2018 5:18:54 PM PDT by Westbrook (Children do not divide your love, they multiply it)
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To: samtheman

As much as i would like her inform the world about the ongoing worldwide slavery in every corner of the planet. There are more folks living in slavery today than during the entrity of world history.
She is keeping it classy. What a nice break.
Unkless she returns home and lets how many thousands of rapefugees in? Hope not.


27 posted on 10/04/2018 5:29:23 PM PDT by momincombatboots (How many vetoed spending dollars with chuck n Nancy without wall funding?)
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To: Mears

Of course, but not the Door of No Return and the Castle and the history.


28 posted on 10/04/2018 5:39:12 PM PDT by Engedi
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To: samtheman

“I wish she would use her Africa trip to call public attention to ongoing slavery in Africa today.”

And compare and contrast to those still held in bondage on the Democrat Plantation, today!

(Won’t happen, but I can dream! I do NOT expect her to be ‘political’ in any other arena other than children.)

Maybe next term? ;)


29 posted on 10/04/2018 6:07:20 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set.)
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To: Engedi

Sorry,I should have realized that.

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30 posted on 10/04/2018 8:33:29 PM PDT by Mears
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To: Westbrook

These forts are only on the coasts, as Africans themselves would bring prisoners to The Man on the coast to sell. An inconvenient truth...


31 posted on 10/05/2018 3:57:47 AM PDT by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: dljordan

When the battle of Lepanto was won by Christians in 1571, they liberated thousands of Christians enslaved by the Turks as rowers (it was the last major battle fought between oared ships).


32 posted on 10/05/2018 3:59:46 AM PDT by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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