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Rochester undergraduates work to analyze and preserve forts along the coast of Ghana, while exploring the cultural context of the structures they study.

Source: Ghana field school immerses students in ancient forts—and the legacies of slavery

Our work challenges traditional historical interpretations of the transatlantic slave trade based on European colonial written accounts.

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Ghana – Forts and Castles, Volta, Greater Accra, Central and Western Regions

19 forts, 3 castles, and several other sites important to Portuguese Atlantic trade in the 15th through 18th Centuries have been inscribed as UNESCO World Heritage sites.

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Between the early 16th century and the middle of 19th century, the wicked trade in humans was booming. Millions of Africans had their freedom taken from them. They were forcefully captured, held under inhuman condition and shipped to the West Indies and America, then known as the New World.

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AT HIS whim, the Governor stood on his balcony to select one of the 400 female slaves gathered below to be his ‘mistress’ for the day.

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After five centuries the white-washed castles along Ghana’s Atlantic shoreline continue to dominate the horizon. These castles have no turrets nor towers nor moats with wooden drawbridges because they were originally built by early European explorers as fortresses to protect their durable trade goods.

Source: Ghana castles have rich history