House of Slaves and "door of No Return": Gold Coast/Ghana Slave Forts, Castles & Dungeons and the Atlantic Slave Trade
- ISBN-10
- 1592218261
- ISBN-13
- 9781592218264
- Category
- Castles
- Pages
- 413
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2012
- Publisher
- Africa Research and Publications
- Author
- Edmund Kobina Abaka
Description
Grim and foreboding, they dominate the skyline, personifying the slave trade in all its ramifications - brutality, estrangement, alienation and social death. The slave forts of Ghana constitute an integral part of the Atlantic slave trade, and yet they have received scant scholarly attention. House of Slaves & `Door of No Return' addresses this gap in scholarly history, focusing on the dark past of these forts as well as their modern significance.
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