Cape Coast Castle
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Cape Coast Castle is one of about forty “slave castles”, or large commercial forts, built on the Gold Coast of West Africa by European traders. It was originally a Portuguese “feitoria” or trading post, established in 1555, which was named Cabo Corso.
Cape Coast Castle is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Ghana’s Central Region, historically used in the trans-Atlantic slave trade now a powerful museum and memorial that honors the resilience of African ancestors.
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