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The House of Slaves (Maison des Esclaves) and its Door of No Return is a museum and memorial to the victims of the Atlantic slave trade on Gorée Island, 3 km off the coast of the city of Dakar, Senegal.
Dec 30, 2019 · Today, a memorial arch, known as La Porte du Non-Retour (The Door of No Return), stands on the beach, a monument to the horrors of slavery. The massive slave trade in Benin was a...
Feb 26, 2021 · The castle overlooking the Atlantic Ocean, a former slave-trade outpost, is home to the so-called "Door of No Return," through which millions of Africans were forced onto slave ships bound for the United States.
An estimated 20 million Africans passed through the Island between the mid-1500s and the mid-1800s. During the African slave trade, Goree Island was a slave-holding warehouse, an absolute center for the trade of African men, women, and children.
Jul 16, 2018 · Tens of thousands of Africans destined for slavery passed through this castle before being shipped into an unspeakable future. 06:48 - Source: CNN. Stories worth watching 16 videos. Stepping ...
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.
Aug 9, 2007 · Pushed through the "door of no return", millions of Africans were shipped from places like this whitewashed fort in Elmina, Ghana, to a life of slavery in Brazil, the Caribbean and America. A...
Jul 7, 2023 · Many members of the West African diaspora have since returned to the castle and entered through the Door of Return. Renaming the door is part of the efforts to connect Africa with its diaspora. Even in the darkest of places, there are still glimmers of hope.
Feb 21, 2012 · The 'door-of-no-return' was the last step on African soil slaves would see, a wooden plank lead them from here to a slave ship.
Located on the sandy shores of Ouidah, Benin, the monumental concrete red, white, and yellow-painted gate and the metallic sculptures that flank it, commemorate the horrors of the Transatlantic Slave Trade.
