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.”
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Heck of a deal. I love negro spirituals.
They never talk about the number of white slaves the Muslims took in Europe. Wouldn’t be politically correct.
The only time in my entire very long life that I wish we had a queen.
Not even in stilletoes.
But, our lovely Melania does not *walk*, she floats gracefully from place to place.
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.
Yup.
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.
Of course, but not the Door of No Return and the Castle and the history.
“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? ;)
Sorry,I should have realized that.
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These forts are only on the coasts, as Africans themselves would bring prisoners to The Man on the coast to sell. An inconvenient truth...
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).
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