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300 years of slavery


300 years of slavery
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Copyright: michael shalter (retlash) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 60 W: 1 N: 168] (1069)
Genre: People
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2006-03-05
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Photo Version: Final Version, Original Version
Date Submitted: 2006-03-15 11:18
Viewed: 95197
Points: 4
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Between 1550 until 1850, the island of Gorée, just off the coast of Dakar, was one of the main ports of departure of slaves to be sold in the New World. How many? Millions...nobody knows for sure! The conditions of confinement and treatment were deplorable beyond description. Sixty-five to 80% of those captured and incarcerated died before they arrived at their destination...the Antilles, Brazil, or the southern USA. Husbands and wives were indiscriminately separated from each other and their children. Men, women, and children were "housed" in separate quarters for up to 3 months before their departure. Men were placed in irons (weighing 5 kg or more to discourage them from attempting to escape by the sea). Thousands drowned or were eaten by the sharks in the attempt anyway. A visit to the last of Goreé's many "slave houses" ("maison des esclaves"), which was completely restored in 1990 by UNESCO and the Fondation France Liberté, is an unforgetable experience, like that of seeing Dachau or Auschwitz. One walks away from Gorée in quasi silence and head bent down.
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  • Viking Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 996 W: 63 N: 782] (4383)
  • [2006-03-15 13:17]

Sad but usefull posting.
Many countries like England Spain Portugal and my country Holland(!!) where slave traders, I have to say with shame. Impressed I say to you: well done Michael on this photo.

Rob
Netherlands
tech detail:
wall and roof end left top are a little disturbing I M H O

Concordo com Viking, triste mas de uma grande beleza.
Paula

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