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Cape Coast Castle.
Il porto con le barche dei pescatori.
Cape Coast Castle.
The harbor with fishing boats.
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Cape Coast Castle.
Il porto con le barche dei pescatori.
Cape Coast Castle.
The harbor with fishing boats.
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Cape Coast Castle.
Vecchi cannoni erosi dalla salsedine continuano a difendere il forte.
Cape Coast Castle.
Old cannons eroded by the salt air continue to defend the fort.
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Cannons at Cape Coast Castle, Cape Coast Ghana. A Dutch, Swedish, and eventually British castle impeccably preserved and full of evidence of the colonial past.
Cape Coast Castle.
La parte del forte non utilizzata per il commercio degli schiavi ma per le abitazioni e uffici dei dignitari della nazione proprietaria del sito nei vari periodi storici.
Cape Coast Castle.
The part of the fort not used for the slave trade but for the residences and offices of the dignitaries of the nation that owned the site at various times.
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Cape Coast Castle.
Il grande spazio sotterraneo in cui venivano tenuti incatenati gli schiavi maschi.
In questi ambienti esistevano due piccole finestrelle che dovevano provvedere al ricambio d'aria e servivano, anche, ai soldati per il controllo dei prigionieri.
In questo spazio potevano essere stipati al buio centinaia di persone con temperature da zona equatoriale.
I prigionieri non rivedevano più il sole fino all'arrivo della nave negriera e potevano passare anche vari mesi.
Chiaramente non esistevano servizi igienici, tutto ciò che era possibile usciva dal canaletto al centro del locale.
Quello che ai lati del canaletto sembra cemento sono escrementi ormai cristalizzati dal passare dei secoli.
L'ultima stanza sembra illuminata dal sole, sono solo lampadine che illuminano fiori portati da turisti probabilmente per onorare i propri avi.
Le moltissime persone che morivano venivano gettate in mare.
Cape Coast Castle.
The large underground space where male slaves were kept chained.
In these rooms, there were two small windows that provided ventilation and were also used by soldiers to monitor the prisoners.
Hundreds of people could be crammed into this space in the dark, with temperatures approaching equatorial.
The prisoners would not see the sun again until the arrival of the slave ship, and this could last for several months.
Clearly, there were no toilets; everything that was available flowed out of the small canal in the center of the room.
What looks like concrete on the sides of the canal is excrement, crystallized by the passage of centuries.
The last room seems to be illuminated by the sun; it's just light bulbs illuminating flowers brought by tourists, presumably to honor their ancestors.
The many people who died were thrown into the sea.
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Cape Coast Castle.
Una targa posta per ricordare la visita della famiglia Obama nel 2009.
Cape Coast Castle.
A plaque commemorating the Obama family's visit in 2009.
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Cape Coast Castle.
La parte del forte non utilizzata per il commercio degli schiavi ma per le abitazioni e uffici dei dignitari della nazione proprietaria del sito nei vari periodi storici.
Cape Coast Castle.
The part of the fort not used for the slave trade but for the residences and offices of the dignitaries of the nation that owned the site at various times.
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Captive Africans were once led through this Door of No Return at Cape Coast Castle (1637), Ghana, on their way to the slave ships.
Cape Coast Castle.
Vecchi cannoni erosi dalla salsedine continuano a difendere il forte.
In secondo piano il porto delle barche dei pescatori.
Cape Coast Castle.
Old cannons eroded by the salt air continue to defend the fort.
In the background, the harbor with fishing boats.
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When a slave ship arrived in the harbour at Cape Coast, the slaves kept imprisoned in the Castle dungeons, would be taken out through this door, they would be loaded onto the ship and transported across the Atlantic never to see Africa again.
Cape Coast Slave Castle - Cape Coast Ghana – Africa
Кейп-Кост – Гана / Fort de Cape Coast / 케이프코스트 – 가나 / 海岸角 - 加纳 / ケープ・コースト - ガーナ / غنا / غانا
Ahmet Cevatzade
Cape Coast Slave Castle - Cape Coast Ghana – Africa
Кейп-Кост – Гана / Fort de Cape Coast / 케이프코스트 – 가나 / 海岸角 - 加纳 / ケープ・コースト - ガーナ / غنا / غانا
Ahmet Cevatzade
Cape Coast Slave Castle - Cape Coast Ghana – Africa
Кейп-Кост – Гана / Fort de Cape Coast / 케이프코스트 – 가나 / 海岸角 - 加纳 / ケープ・コースト - ガーナ / غنا / غانا
Ahmet Cevatzade
Cape Coast Slave Castle - Cape Coast Ghana – Africa
Кейп-Кост – Гана / Fort de Cape Coast / 케이프코스트 – 가나 / 海岸角 - 加纳 / ケープ・コースト - ガーナ / غنا / غانا
Ahmet Cevatzade
Another portrait of John Joseph Crooks posing in Arab tribal dress by William Lawrence circa 1880. J.J. Crooks was a member of the Army Service corps during the 3rd Ashanti war in West Africa from 1873 to 1874. He was promoted from Staff sergeant to assistant commissary on probation on 8th September 1873. He later went on to become a Deputy Commissary with the rank of Major and was also for a time colonial secretary for Sierra Leone. He also published several books on Africa including,
Records Relating to the Gold Coast Settlements from 1750 to 1874 and History of the Colony of Sierra Leone, Western Africa.
Cape Coast Slave Castle - Cape Coast Ghana – Africa
Кейп-Кост – Гана / Fort de Cape Coast / 케이프코스트 – 가나 / 海岸角 - 加纳 / ケープ・コースト - ガーナ / غنا / غانا
Ahmet Cevatzade
Cape Coast Slave Castle - Cape Coast Ghana – Africa
Кейп-Кост – Гана / Fort de Cape Coast / 케이프코스트 – 가나 / 海岸角 - 加纳 / ケープ・コースト - ガーナ / غنا / غانا
Ahmet Cevatzade
Cape Coast Slave Castle - Cape Coast Ghana – Africa
Кейп-Кост – Гана / Fort de Cape Coast / 케이프코스트 – 가나 / 海岸角 - 加纳 / ケープ・コースト - ガーナ / غنا / غانا
Ahmet Cevatzade
Cape Coast Slave Castle - Cape Coast Ghana – Africa
Кейп-Кост – Гана / Fort de Cape Coast / 케이프코스트 – 가나 / 海岸角 - 加纳 / ケープ・コースト - ガーナ / غنا / غانا
Ahmet Cevatzade
Cape Coast Slave Castle - Cape Coast Ghana – Africa
Кейп-Кост – Гана / Fort de Cape Coast / 케이프코스트 – 가나 / 海岸角 - 加纳 / ケープ・コースト - ガーナ / غنا / غانا
Ahmet Cevatzade
Cape Coast Slave Castle - Cape Coast Ghana – Africa
Кейп-Кост – Гана / Fort de Cape Coast / 케이프코스트 – 가나 / 海岸角 - 加纳 / ケープ・コースト - ガーナ / غنا / غانا
Ahmet Cevatzade
Cape Coast Slave Castle - Cape Coast Ghana – Africa
Кейп-Кост – Гана / Fort de Cape Coast / 케이프코스트 – 가나 / 海岸角 - 加纳 / ケープ・コースト - ガーナ / غنا / غانا
Ahmet Cevatzade
Cape Coast Slave Castle - Cape Coast Ghana – Africa
Кейп-Кост – Гана / Fort de Cape Coast / 케이프코스트 – 가나 / 海岸角 - 加纳 / ケープ・コースト - ガーナ / غنا / غانا
Ahmet Cevatzade
Cape Coast Slave Castle - Cape Coast Ghana – Africa
Кейп-Кост – Гана / Fort de Cape Coast / 케이프코스트 – 가나 / 海岸角 - 加纳 / ケープ・コースト - ガーナ / غنا / غانا
Ahmet Cevatzade
Cape Coast Slave Castle - Cape Coast Ghana – Africa
Кейп-Кост – Гана / Fort de Cape Coast / 케이프코스트 – 가나 / 海岸角 - 加纳 / ケープ・コースト - ガーナ / غنا / غانا
Ahmet Cevatzade
Cape Coast Castle - Cortile interno.
Una targa messa a ricordo di un governatore britannico John Swanzy.
Il governatore ha liberato un certo numero di persone del popolo Fante dalla schiavitù.
Cape Coast Castle - Inner Courtyard.
A plaque commemorating British governor John Swanzy.
The governor freed a number of Fante people from slavery.
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Cape Coast Slave Castle - Cape Coast Ghana – Africa
Кейп-Кост – Гана / Fort de Cape Coast / 케이프코스트 – 가나 / 海岸角 - 加纳 / ケープ・コースト - ガーナ / غنا / غانا
Ahmet Cevatzade
Cape Coast Castle.
La parte del forte non utilizzata per il commercio degli schiavi ma per le abitazioni e uffici dei dignitari della nazione proprietaria del sito nei vari periodi storici.
Cape Coast Castle.
The part of the fort not used for the slave trade but for the residences and offices of the dignitaries of the nation that owned the site at various times.
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Cape Coast Slave Castle - Cape Coast Ghana – Africa
Кейп-Кост – Гана / Fort de Cape Coast / 케이프코스트 – 가나 / 海岸角 - 加纳 / ケープ・コースト - ガーナ / غنا / غانا
Ahmet Cevatzade
Slaves would be brought to this doorway from the dungeons via an underground tunnel. Once they passed through the door, they would be loaded onto the waiting slave ship and would never see Africa again.
Cape Coast Slave Castle - Cape Coast Ghana – Africa
Кейп-Кост – Гана / Fort de Cape Coast / 케이프코스트 – 가나 / 海岸角 - 加纳 / ケープ・コースト - ガーナ / غنا / غانا
Ahmet Cevatzade
A portrait of John Joseph Crooks by William Lawrence circa 1880. J.J. Crooks was a member of the Army Service corps during the 3rd Ashanti war in West Africa from 1873 to 1874. He was promoted from Staff sergeant to assistant commissary on probation on 8th September 1873. He later went on to become a Deputy Commissary with the rank of Major and was also for a time colonial secretary for Sierra Leone. In the photo above he is wearing a full dress uniform with the Ashantee Medal.
In the 1901 Census he is listed as retired and living at Brighton Road, Rathmines
www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Dublin/Rathmine...
Cape Coast Castle.
La "Porta del non ritorno".
La targhetta posta sulla sommita della porta.
Cape Coast Castle.
The "Door of No Return."
The plaque at the top of the door.
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This photograph shows the location of one of the biggest crimes against humanity. The colonialists kept their slaves imprisoned in the cells of Cape Coast Castle - under inhuman conditions. The captives waited in cells without light or toilets until they were loaded like goods on ships to North and South America. The door on the left is, therefore, called "door of no return".
Cape Coast (Ghana), August 2015.
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Cape Coast Castle.
La "Porta del non ritorno".
Da qui uscivano gli schiavi per essere imbarcati nelle navi negriere.
Cape Coast Castle.
The "Door of No Return."
This is where slaves left to be loaded onto slave ships.
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Cape Coast Castle - Cortile interno.
Una targa messa a ricordo di tutti quelli che sono passati in questo forte in catene e nella disperazione più totale.
Cape Coast Castle - Inner Courtyard.
A plaque erected in memory of all those who passed through this fort in chains and utter despair.
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Cape Coast Castle.
La parte del forte non utilizzata per il commercio degli schiavi ma per le abitazioni e uffici dei dignitari della nazione proprietaria del sito nei vari periodi storici.
Cape Coast Castle.
The part of the fort not used for the slave trade but for the residences and offices of the dignitaries of the nation that owned the site at various times.
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