The Door of No Return

I was sickened by the stories of our tour guide today about Cape Coast Castle. We are all human beings regardless of our skin color or gender, and I honestly felt disgusted as I listened to the stories and history of what people went through during the slave trade. The generals came down to the women's dungeon and picked out a pretty one. He would then have her washed and sexually abuse her before she was allowed to go back to the dungeon. Over 60% of the people that ever entered the castle doors to be sold into slavery died waiting for the ships to take them to the new world. If they made it to the "door of no return," that meant they were boarding a ship for the Americas to be used as slaves. When the slaves boarded the boat they were in groups of 2 bound in shackles. The slave owners would brand his initials in the slaves so they would know which slave belonged to which owner. Often times the slaves would jump off into the ocean to drown as they would have rather died that lived the rest of their lives as slaves.