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Cape Coast in 1747 Map of Cape Coast Castle (1869) In 1757, during the Seven Years' War, a French naval squadron badly damaged and nearly captured Cape Coast Castle. [12] This event was likely one of the most important reasons to entirely reconstruct the Castle, which was quite notorious for its collapsing walls and leaking roofs. [13]
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English: The "Door of no return" through which the slaves left the castle when they were shipped away. It was not possible for any of them to ever return to their homeland. In July 2009, at his first official visit to sub-Saharan Africa President Obama visited the castle and symbolically passed through this door and then back to the caste.
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Door of Return (previously the Door of No Return) at Cape Coast Castle, Ghana. The Door of Return is an emblem of African Renaissance and is a pan-African initiative that seeks to launch a new era of cooperation between Africa and its diaspora in the 21st century. [1]
Kamala Harris, the first Black U.S. vice president, on Saturday begins a historic first trip while in office to Africa, with stops scheduled in Ghana, Tanzania and Zambia during her weeklong tour.
A map of the Gold Coast circa 1700. During the colonial period in Ghana, at the time known as the Gold Coast, roughly corresponding to the 15th through 19th centuries, European-style coastal forts and castles were built, mostly by the Portuguese, Dutch and British. [1]
Cape Coast Castle, Cape Coast (1688–1782, April 1659 – May 1659) Elmina Castle, Elmina (1482) English Fort (Fort Vrendenburg), Komenda (1785–1871)