Wonders of the African World | The Swahili Coast: Elmina Slave Fortress

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Keywords
Henry Louis Gates Jr. Wonders of the African World Black Kingdoms of the Nile the Swahili Coast the slave kingdoms the Holy Land the road to Timbuktu slavery Ghana Jane Gates Elmina Cape Coast pilgrimage ancestry Africans selling other Africans into slavery
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History-Social Science
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Grade 6 Grade 7 Grade 8 Grade 9 Grade 10 Grade 11 Grade 12
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Wonders of the African World | The Swahili Coast: Elmina Slave Fortress

In his travel diary, Professor Gates shares personal feelings and observations of his journeys through Africa. During his trip to Elmina to see the slave fortress, Gates and others struggle to come to terms with the horror of events and the knowledge of how a portion of the slaves came to be there.
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PBS Learning Media

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