The Cape Coast Castle is a European-built fortress situated in the central region of Ghana in West Africa.Since its initial construction in 1652, the Castle served as a trading hub between European nations and the African locals.
Trade was primarily focused on textiles, lumber, and gold until English businessmen started to hunt for huge quantities of African slaves. The castles increasingly imprisoned slaves, who were turned into yet another commodity after holding gold, ivory, and other goods.
Up until the slave trade was progressively outlawed by all of the colonial powers in the first part of the 1800s, the Cape Coast,Elmina Castle and many others along Ghana’s beautiful coast contained terrible dungeons filled with agony and despair. However, at the time,the irreparable and incalculable damage had already been done, and it is estimated that six million slaves had been exported from West Africa alone. During the so-called Middle Passage, about 10-15% perished at sea and never arrived at their intended destination.
Every year, Ghana welcomes hundreds of thousands of visitors of African descent from other continents who come to learn more about history,seek their lost family heritage and as well enjoy a great deal of more.
The Black Tower 