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The narrow door — the point-of-no-return — out of which slaves were loaded onto ships bound for the Americas. Academic accounts, such as the 1969 statistical work of historian Philip D. Curtin, argue that enforced transports from Gorée began around 1670 and continued until about 1810, at no time more than 200 to 300 a year in important ...
Door of No Return may refer to: Door of No Return, Gorée at the House of Slaves in Senegal; Door of No Return, Ouidah in Benin; See also. Door of Return
10 Senegal. 11 South Africa. 12 Suriname. 13 United Kingdom. 14 United States. ... Door of No Return, Ouidah; Barbados. Emancipation Statue in Haggett Hall, Barbados [3]
Oseguera said the key recalled her visit to the “door of no return” memorial in Senegal dedicated to the enslaved Africans forced onto slave ships and brought to the Americas. As a descendant ...
The Door of No Return is a memorial arch in Ouidah, Benin. The concrete and bronze arch, which stands on the beach, is a memorial to the enslaved Africans who were taken from the slave port of Ouidah to the Americas. Several artists and designers collaborated with the architect, Yves Ahouen-Gnimon, to realise the project.
The program consists of an extra day of schooling on Saturday for 12 weeks, service projects, [1] and a culminating educational trip to Gambia and Senegal, the ancestral homes of many African Americans. [2] The highlight of the trip is a visit to Goree Island, and the Door of No Return. The Door of No Return symbolizes the last point of ...
The memorial's name is drawn from the castle on the island of Gorée, Senegal, where enslaved people were held before being shipped across the ocean. One of the exits of the castle is known as "the door of no return". [2] [3] The memorial is meant to serve as "a spiritual place of return". [2]
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