CAPE CASTLE was set up in a way designed solely for the imprisonment of slaves and slave trade. After being captured, slaves would walk through slave markets bare footed in order for weaker men to be sold, and trek for miles and miles to cape castle where men and women were put into separate dungeons, and assaulted atro­ciously before being used, killed, sold or shipped to west coast islands to work usually in farmland, in a hierchy or picking crops or other tendencies Along the walk how­ever, a lot of people died. The harsh conditions of being repeatedly beaten along the way added to this, but some

CAPE CASTLE Trade. In 1844, it became a seat of the Colonial govern­ment of the BRTISIH gold coast. The building was usu­ally used for trade in timber and gold, and at some times other resources such as ivory, spices, cocoa and rubber. After the British came to rule.It was later used for trans­Atlantic SLAVES TRADE. The English went on to pos­sess 200 years of rule and SLAVE Labour. Many coasts were renamed by the British, due to easier recognition and pronunciation of places such as IVORY COAST, and GREY COAST in Liberia. Slavery began for Afri­can people to be bought, used, and sold for their talent, skills and ability whilst the British were residing in Af­rica. Black people were seen as inhumane. They were literally treated as objects. Vount Ragin, and Benin be­came known as SLAVE COAST, because the majority of the captives were from these area's. They were kept as prisoner's and an amends of making money while also treated horrifically for the British to prove their ability and power. It is important for people, specifi­cally black people, to investigate and understand the truth, facts, and ac­tual events that occurred during SLAVERY INAFRICA in particu­larly in the 16th century, when the British began slave labour in west Africa. Africa is the motherland of the earth, where black people, and many people of colour evolve from. Realising the lead up to worldwide Slavery will come to your instincts logically once you take an insight into the pain, torture, segregation and inferiority slaves were subdued to. As poor and poverty stricken Af­rica is often portrayed, which to ex­tensive research is true, we never see or appreciate how naturally rich, beautiful, resourceful and unique the country is.                                                                    Cape Castle, situated in Ghana, West Africa is a place filled, with beauty, altruistic scen­ery, and wonderful people. However, it is also a place that holds some heart-wrenching history. CAPE COAST CASTLE is a fortifi­cation within Ghana. It was the first timber construction site built in 1653 for the Swed­ish African company, and named CAROLUSBORG, afterKing Charles X of Sweden. Before any Colonial British rule in Africa, it was the Swedish Danes and Dutch, who had stiff competition amongst each other in order to appreciate Africa's natural resources. In April 1663, after almost 10 years of Swedish rule over the GOLD COAST, power was seized by the Danes, and integrated into the Danish Gold coast. It was­n't until 1664 that the castle was conquered by the British and extensively rebuilt by the committee of merchants( whose governors administrated the entire British colony) in the late l8th century, to be suitable for slave   CAPE CASTLE was set up in a way designed solely for the imprisonment of slaves and slave trade. After being captured, slaves would walk through slave markets bare footed in order for weaker men to be sold, and trek for miles and miles to cape castle where men and women were put into separate dungeons, and assaulted atro­ciously before being used, killed, sold or shipped to west coast islands to work usually in farmland, in a hierchy or picking crops or other tendencies . Along the walk how­ever, a lot of people died. The harsh conditions of being repeatedly beaten along the way added to this, but some   BOATS Slaves were treated similarly, or even worse on boats, as in the dungeons. The atmosphere was dark, and severely over­crowded causing endless death before arrival to a destina­tion, as boats would sail for many weeks. With increased European presence over the years in Africa, a triangular trade system was put into place between Africa, the Carib­bean, Europe, and mainly for textiles importation Asia. West Africa was well known for it's slave trade. gold, ivory, pepper. Soon, slaves would be sold to work on plan­tations in exchange for sugar, cotton, and tobacco. De­pending on where it was headed some major ships may have taken between 18 months, to three years to complete the journey. However, the profits werp enticing, and thus caused the European powers to build their empires around the world on slave labour. It's excruciating to even think about what it would have been like if yourself and your family were sent to a slave dungeon and left to rot on top of your sister or brother, while being beaten, or as a woman, raped and sexually abused.   Slaves survived to go on to be used. When slaves arrived at cape castle, men and women were immediately separated and sent to PALAVA HALL before being places in DUNGEONS. This was where slaves were auctioned. There were big signs saying "auction", and posters advertising, and de­scribing what talent a slave has to make sell­ing , and trading people easier for slave owners. J.BELCHER was infamous for hav­ing so many slaves that he began his own trading company name `J.BELCHER slaves'. He was responsible for many trans­actions sent to America, where a slaves spe­ciality was picking cotton. They were known as African American slaves. These slaves were beaten so badly by their west­ernised White American counterparts that they had permanent scars and wells all over their body. Slaves were like a publicised disease in America, and treated around the country accordingly, and very similar to the way the British treated African slaves. It was common for slaves to have their teeth knocked out, or to lose an eye, or a hand, or a leg, from continuous abuse, and hard work. They would then be killed as owners had no purpose for them. It was not a time and era where black people had lives of their own; they were treated as property; Some­one's mule. Children were trained to work from as young as 3 years old.  DUNGEONS Watching footage of the castle, coming across the SLAVE DUNGEONS was the worst most unimaginable way of living ever. During the process of slave trade, slaves were kept in the dark. Their hands, feet, necks and wrist were all either in big, bulky chains or rope. These chains were on the walls, which meant slaves couldn't move, and were so close together that many of them died alone from suffocation. Around 1000 male slaves, and 500 female slaves at one time. Many slaves would be locked up in the dungeon for six to twelve weeks, waiting for slave ships to dock There were gravel floors, and one main en­trance, with big double doors, where slaves entered , and if they were lucky, exited to be put on boats for trade. Today, the dungeons, are empty echoing chambers, but they still significantly hint exactly what it would have been like with hundreds of slaves cramped in there. There was a handful of barred win­dows to let in the breeze and rough channel down the middle of the cells, to dispose of urine and faeces.   Estimating the number of slaves transported from Africa vary from around 12-25 million people. Generations and generations later, black people, often mixed with race, and culture, do not understand their ancestors struggle, and their roots. Its vital to be aware of what abnormality, and incoherent existence of a black persons being, that existed over a long a period of time.