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Our local mechanic hard at work. Those building codes...what codes don't look strong at all.

Maybe the new models are out. Not quite sure what is happening here.

The head balancing act. Amazing.

Oranges for sale. Just picked.

Oranges and pineapples. Now the whole family is helping to sell the crops.

Now we have added melons to the mix to sell.

The presentation is excellent.

I think this must be a bus stop too.

We have a little of everything here.

That cut water melon looks darn good to me. Samples maybe? Great salesmanship.

The photos says it all. Makes you appreciate what you have.

Interesting sign over the entrance.

I think this building is leaning a little.

That is a good sign. Makes you hungry.

The Slave Trade was huge in this area. Cape Coast is one of about forty "slave castles", or large commercial forts, built on the Gold Coast of West Africa ,now Ghana, by European traders. It was originally a Portuguese trading post, established in 1555, which they named Cabo Corso.

The Atlantic slave trade or transatlantic slave trade involved the transportation by slave traders of enslaved African people, Many were brought here.

The vast majority of those who were transported in the transatlantic slave trade were people from Central and West Africa who had been sold by West African slave traders to mainly Portuguese, British, and French slave traders. while others had been captured directly by the slave traders in coastal raids.

We walked in and through holding rooms to the door of "No Return". Many died in confinement. These rooms were filled to capacity with men in them. There were separate holding areas for women.

In the tiled outside area in the far distance is an Arch. This leads to a photo, 2 photos after this one to the "Door of no return". They were loaded on boats and never to return to the Continent of Africa.

Portuguese and British gathered and imprisoned the enslaved at forts on the African coast and then brought them to the Americas, mainly in the Caribbean. This is the large outdoor area looking back at the Cape Coast Castle and its many rooms.

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