Obama’s visit to fort a ‘full-circle experience’ Ghana's coastal castle was departure point for African slaves On Saturday, President Barack Obama and his family will visit this coastal castle in Ghana that was Britain's West Africa headquarters for the shipment of millions of slaves to Europe and America. July 10, 2009 CAPE COAST, Ghana - From the rampart of a whitewashed fort once used to ship countless slaves from Africa to the Americas, Cheryl Hardin gazed through watery eyes at the route forcibly taken across the sea by her ancestors centuries before. "It never gets any easier," the 48-year-old pediatrician...