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2023-03-29 Africa Subsaharan

Kamala Harris tours a 'slave castle' in Ghana where kidnapped Africans were held in dungeons before being shipped to the Americas

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Posted by Skidmark 2023-03-29 08:12|| || Front Page|| [9 views ] Top

#1 The one that other African tribes dropped off their goods for resale?

Posted by Procopius2k 2023-03-29 10:23|| 2023-03-29 10:23|| Front Page Top

#2 I'm sure Kamala's ancestors did the same before buying prime stock. She's reconnecting with her past (as a slave owner).

Posted by AlmostAnonymous5839 2023-03-29 11:27|| 2023-03-29 11:27|| Front Page Top

#3 That area called the "Slave Coast" was also known as the Fever Coast for the endemic diseases, lethal diseases, that wreaked havoc on Europeans that visited there. Malaria, Yellow Fever, Cholera and seemingly endless other 'local tropical fevers' made the place a death ground. The locals, such as the Ashanti, sold their war captives to the Europeans ...it was simply too deadly for Europeans to stay and raid.

Posted by magpie 2023-03-29 15:05|| 2023-03-29 15:05|| Front Page Top

#4 Well she is half Jamaican. Wasn't Jamaca where slaves were transported to and 'trained'? And then traded to southern slaveholders?

I am recalling from my grade-middle school history class so correct me if I'm wrong.

Posted by CrazyFool in Texas 2023-03-29 20:07|| 2023-03-29 20:07|| Front Page Top

#5 Ethiopians in Jamaica, Bob Marley was a Mulatto

Posted by 746 2023-03-29 20:32|| 2023-03-29 20:32|| Front Page Top

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