In this exclusive documentary Cape Coast Castle is brought to the for front and the grave history of what occurred during the transatlantic slave trade Is highlighted.
I cried my ancestors have suffered and still suffering I live in Jamaica and I pray one day I will be able to afford a ticket to ghana I need to walk with no shoes in the land of my DNA
What you will experience will change you forever. You will be proud of who you are. You will experience strength to own your history and teach it to others.
ABSOLUTELY! Ghana is very SPIRITUAL. I was there last summer, in fact, this brotha was my tour guide. Although my ancestry is Nigeria, my wife is Jamacain, and hers is Ghanaian. I've been to six countries in Africa, and Ghana was the most spiritual for me. Get with a group that travels there. It's not as expensive as you may think. GO FOR IT.
I can’t believe I’m 30 and herd about this for the first time LITERALLY TODAY!?!?!? HOW DO WE PRETEND THIS DID NOT HAPPEN? The victims deserve to have their story told!
It's very hard to swallow.. I literally feel ashamed of being white and European.. I can't understand how humans can treat other humans in such a cruel, inhuman way.. 😢 I must visit Ghana and I think everyone should see by their eyes what cruelty people are capable of and what they did for hundreds of years..
Don't be embarrassed. African kingdoms along the coast fraught and conquered neighboring tribes/ kingdoms and took slaves. Slavery was an important part of the west African kingdoms culture for millenia. That's why Europeans went there as there were so many slaves. Africans traded slaves for guns gunpowder and other European goods and that enriched their kingdom. African kingdoms were very much partners in the slave trade. Europeans didn't charge into Africa and round of hundreds of free peaceful Africans and enslave them, they were already slaves in Africa ad were sold to Europeans at places like this. Actually in the 1830s, the British, who had banned slavery, sent ships to the African kingdoms to persuade them to stop slavery however the African kingdoms refused as it was an important source of wealth for them. In the 1850s the British sent ships to blockade African ports to force them to stop selling slaves. This whole history has been warped and not understood, and so now, 200 years later white people are apologizing to Africans for buying the slaves that the Africans sold to us.
Wow!! I can't stop crying watching this video. As a Social Studies teacher, I can see why American schools don't want us the teach the truth. It's a lot to bear but the truth shall set us free.
The schools, certain black people don't. They want us to believe it was all white people when it was others who sold my ancestors out. They don't want us to know other Black people owned slaves.
I appreciate you posting this. I can feel your shocked sadness and the history also grounding you . I could see how overwhelmed you were. I wanna go and I know I’m gonna cry too.
I remembered the first Emancipation day held in Ghana 1998 to re-affirm its status as the Gateway to the African Homeland of Diasporans.. At that time i was in High School and we went to Elimena slave Dungeon. I bet you , you will be humbled and your life not gonna be the same. I think everyone should be there whether you are black ,white ,yellow.😪😪🥲🥲
I was filled with rage when I left the male dungeon. Rage. Anger. Hurt. Frustration. The truth has been hidden from us. This truth. Thank you for sharing this with the world.
The rage you felt was part of the journey of discovery and recovery. This is our history. The inimaginable human cruelty. But we continue to live and find ways of healing and moving forward.
Very informative video but I'm sorry I can't stop crying I don't want to hear any more right now but I appreciate you taking the effort to make the video I still gave you a thumbs up thank you
I went to Cape Coast Castle and cried. I also went to Elmina the same day. It was a year after that trip I found out where my paternal ancestors came from.
Wow! Melody, I just finished watching this. Thank you for bringing this important yet heartbreaking piece of our ancestors' history to light. You did an amazing job here!!! Looking forward to more. Amazing and real content. Best wishes! God bless you. 🙏❤
Right now the colonizer have the most gold in storage.but they don't have a gold mine.and it were all stolen reparation is a must.slavery is the first and the biggest holocaust
Human cruelty is sickening. The cruelty and the atrocities suffered in the slave dungeons were only the beginning of what they would suffer for centuries. Human cruelty is sickening, and for such cruelty to continue for centuries, it beats the imagination. And yet here we are today, still living amongst some people for who cruelty is likes port. The grace and wisdom needed not only to endure, but overcome covert and overt racism must be the same grace and wisdom our ancestors exhibited. When you have no place to call home, and you never know when and where you will be sold and what awaited you, you develop the survival grace just to stay alive. And today, with all the human rights and safeguarding, there are young boys and girls suffering untold cruelty at the hands of people who should know better. This is the world we live in. Our hearts, ears and eyes should be open to what is happening on our streets, towns and cities. for such cruelty to continue for centuries beats the imagination. And yet here we are today, still living amongst some people for who cruelty is like a sport. The grace and wisdom needed not only to endure but overcome covert and overt racism must be the same grace and wisdom our ancestors exhibited. When you have no place to call home, and you never know when and where you will be sold next and what awaited you, you develop the survival grace just to stay alive. And today, with all the human rights and safeguarding, there are young boys and girls suffering untold cruelty at the hands of people who should know better. This is the world we live in. Our hearts, ears, and eyes should be open to what is happening on our streets, towns, and cities.
I have been there myself both cape coast and elmina castles with my Finland's friends some years back and guess what...both the whites and we ourselves couldn't stop crying for some time. All because of the the treatments our ancestors went through, the maltreatment and a whole lot 😂😂 but can't continue wish you can there yourself one day to witness everything yourself. May God bless Africans❤
I can say for fact ,they did suffered more than what we are imagining today,, how I wish there were videos by then to see the exact pains and torture these innocent people were going through 😢
I have seen many videos on this, and I have a lot of knowledge on slavery and the trade. But one thing I have researched is a lot on the African Traders and merchants , the interesting thing is the Castle was build with the permission of the African coastal rulers. So the activities in the fort was known by the coastal town people. That means the coastal people allowed this to happen, I just think we should think about that.
The castle was initially build for trading and later converted to dungeons...stop putting blames now n look into the future...now is mental slavery not in chains
Otu, leave them alone. Some are trolls and bots send by western countries to with pre made comments to confused us. My elder brothers didn't go to school because my great grandfather was against it. He said it was another tactic of the whiteman to enslave us. My great grandfather died when I was a baby. It's a long story. In short, we have family members that were taken into slavery. We feel the hurt as if it happened yesterday. Only ignorant people will come and tell me what their fellow African did to them during the slave trade. My great great great uncle was shot down my our own village man, by the order of the whiteman. He had no choice. Man! I'm hurt.
The ethnic nations that surround the castes were the ones who had the !pat of their people's taken as captices. It is not as if they collided with the European to sell their own people. They were the main victims.
The food hatch and rhe hole in the door they exolained remi ds me of the prisons in these days where there is a hatch for people to have their food and this place seems like it is where the prison hatch originated.
Thanks my sister for your video and your experience lots of our history have been hidden from us my hope is all black people should have the opportunity to visit all i can says has long you’re a black man you’re an African does matter where you from you’re an African
My question is what kind of sermon did they preach in the church? Or what kind of Bible did they use? Seeing the church sitting on the male dungeons is very appalling.
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Sorry but there’s a lot of erroneous and missing history being told here. There are several accurate documentaries on you tube if you want the true history of this place. Still very sad what happened here.
Great video ❤ but black peoples never learned, i praises my ancestors and I’m thankful and grateful to them so that i can be here Today European make them see hell on EARTH 😢sad
My God My God My God, how can Human-Beings treat other Human-Beings like that, Just how, and why, for what reason? That's why I couldn't finished the tour, when my Husband took me there, I just got sick. Very weak, lightheaded, tired, and exhausted. I just couldn't go on another step, we had to Stop 🛑 with the touring. I Promised myself that I'll never returned back on a tour like that again. Jesusssssssss Christ have Mercy on such People 🙏
Omg!! This is absolutely barbaric and i have never heard of it before, i started to see posts come up on fb and i researched it and this is where i ended up watching the most heartbreaking unthinkable evil hanious events of the past, im sick to my stomach 😢😢😢
GOD Will BE With His PEOPLE GO TURN BACK to GOD of HEAVEN$ GO BACK to YOUR NATIVE LAND Deuteronomy 8:8 👉💯👀🙏😇🎁🎺🏆❤️ JOHN 15:10 GOD Will BE With HIS PEOPLE Deuteronomy 8:8
Deuteronomy does not apply to any ethnic nation in Ghana. None are rooted for centuries I'm Torah for laws or spiritual systems.The If you are Israelites unsteady have your pro!used land per the covenant woth Abram found in Gemesis. That land has specific parameters. It is in the mid-east and Asia. Has nothing to do with Sub Saharan Afrika.
Its such a painful thought of what what happening to our kins of Africa. Just unexplainable how cruel the white man would do this to fellow human... can this be revisited and the truth be told..
If you go there. And you are not crying. Then you're not a humanbeing. I made a video yesterday about slavery, cried for 10 mins after I finished the video.
AFRICANS Americans 👉 DESERVE The BEST LIVING GOD SPEAKING OF NOW GO Get IT 👉 Deuteronomy 8:8 GOD Chosen People PSALM 94:16 Genesis 45:7;8 EXODUS 20:1-17 Deuteronomy 27&28'1-14
There is a need for research into the spiritual belief systems of the enslaved people from these regions. For instance gaining a better understanding of Akan spirituality, as this is the tribal group of Ghana with power dominance during the slave trade eras, even today. Should help us understand the level of spiritual strongholds these events of slavery which by no means is a past, but ongoing problem between Africa and The West. Just looking beyond the reasonable explanation to why a slave trade castle should be built upon a rock by the sea. Indeed it is a direct route to the ships. But could they not have built these castles inlands aswell?. Why the port and on top of solid rock? Even roof, walls and floor are made of rock. By coincident? The slaves have already walked in some cases cross continental, so walking a few hours from a castle in inland territory to slave ships by sea port should not be a problem at all. Understanding that in these Western African tribal territories, they have a common religious traditions of worshipping water deities. Water, especially the sea where the "queen of the coast", the most revered queen of the ocean resides. You build these castles not by a lake, but right next to the territory of the "queen of the coast". In this very ocean you dispose of corpses as if there is no tomorrow!. Also looking at the rock. The rock is a solid foundation, an identity given in many faith systems including Christianity. A wise man builds his house upon a rock, a house which can never shake or break. Now which solid foundation did these white men build through these castle?. You not only build this castle upon a rock above the ocean right into the territory of the queen of the coast. This castle is everything rock: floor, wall and roof. And the Akan people also happens to believe in a deity powers by the name of Tete Abodom. They are spiritual deities who occupies the earth elements of water, rock and mountain. Their diety purpose is to protect communities from dangers and misfortunes. Now this castle just tore down and nullified all the powers of these deities no?. Inside this castle you are the most worthless thing in the entire existence of life! And where are your gods?. Does this not also trample and war directly at the spiritual powers and strenght of these enslaved people?. Just like when during colonialism their lootings targets spiritual artifacts, taking away the spiritual powers of the people they pursue dominance, control and rule over! This is clearly intentional and certainly conspired and planned. Why did the europeans suddenly change the trade of goods for human resources? No longer gold is valuable? Even today gold is the only authentic wealth currency. So how come human slaves became more valuable than gold? Unless the europeans intentionally structured a conspiracy of complete destruction and occupation over the continent and its people? One that is permanent, a no return one. I find it interesting how faith in returning to where you came from is significant. You came from one deity and you return to them by death. Why on earth was it all important for the whites to structure and organise the entire slave journey a no return one? Even the slave castle, you never walks back a room, just going forward wherever that may be! To me, this is very much ritualistic at best. Your journey into slavery, one that cannot be compared to what you heard of is definitely permanent and eternal, no return at all!.
Isaiah 30 vs 1 - 4 Woe to the obstinate Children declares the Lord ,to those who carry out plansthat are not mine , forming an anlliance , but not by my Spirit, heaping sin upon sin
All the worst that happened to Africa was caused by Africans ,as An African from Algeria this so hurtful to know a sad story and how humans being are treated to the worst things that the mind can't imagine,Rest in peace to all the souls lost ,Allah will get back what's taken from you ,Peace
Wow blame the victims! Since you are from Algeria, I guess of Arab descent, very familiar with the Arab slave trade of black Africans, and what’s happening today in Libya, another Arab state of the Maghreb. However, I applaud you from calling yourself African, North Africans Arab states usually prefer to not associate with the rest of the continent, but more with southern Europe and the Middle East.
@@csihon gtfoh! I'm Amazigh piatch! You don't tell me where I'm from you ignorant go read some history before opening your mouth ,maybe you're Arab bs from middle East
It is important that we discuss the history of such buildings. However no mention of who actually ended slavery (British colonial government). Just the usual over simplistic trope of ‘bad’ Europeans and ‘good’ indigenous Africans. It could be argued that British rule, while not perfect by any stretch of the imagination, did shield many of the people from the worst excesses of tyrannical chiefs, famine, disease, slavey and human sacrifice. Note the records of how few British police and military there actually were present during the colonial period. They could not have maintained control for such an extended period without consent from local people.
Trying to distort history. There was a lot of resistance but Africans had no guns. 1 person with a gun can control 100 people with no guns. The era of skewing history to maintain your diabolical agenda is far gone. No mainstream media control of information anymore
And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon him. And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not their's, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years; and also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance. Genesis 15:12-14 The Bible is not a christian book. There are no christians. Everyone from Genesis to Revelations was an Israelite. Unfortunately, they broke tge Covenant with their God. The same God that delivered them from the bondage of the Egyptians. Slavery is the punishment for breaking the first Commandment: THOU SHALT HAVE NO OTHER GODS BEFORE ME.
Some nonsense in this. "Slaves were treated well in Africa but not by white people" except by the African kingdom of Dahomey that practiced ritual beheadings of hundreds of their domestic slaves at important events. They also gloss over the part that African kingdoms played in the slave trade. The British had banned slavery in the 1830s and sent ambassadors to some west African kingdoms to try to convince them to stop selling slaves however the west African kingdoms refused. The king of the African kingdom of dahomey replied that slavery was an integral part of their culture and a source of wealth. As it was for many parts of the world at that time. These African kingdoms traded slaves for european weapons and goods to become wealthier and more powerful. The Africans were very much partners in the slave trade. Europeans didn't charge inland and round up hundreds of free Africans and enslave them as some people imagine, they came to the coast and the African kingdoms brought out the slaves they wanted to sell. Here Africans are portrayed as having little power but that's not true. There were many large African kingdoms like dahomey, oyo, and Benin at this time. It's important to study both sides of the story. People know the American history but most don't know west African history. It's very interesting. In the 1850s the British had naval ships blockade some African ports in order to stop them selling slaves and attacked ships along the coast suspected of being slave ships. But this history is not well known and so we have the strange situation nowadays of Europeans apologizing to Africans for buying the slaves that Africans sold to us.
@@isaacboateng1789 you are one of those people who see yourself as inferior to the whiteman and see everything about them as better. Were they not holding so-called church services when they were holding enslaved people on the lower level? Abolishing the slave trade became hip so they all jumped on the bandwagon after they have dehumanized human beings and the effect of which is still present
@@kwakuakonto8942 what I know is they help save lives through the abolishment of human sacrifices which was normal in those days. Come to think of it did I say I support white supremacy or what? The church helped in the abolishment of slave trade which is fact
Isaac I think you should make a difference when you mention the Church. The Roman Catholic Church actually approved the enslavement of Africans on the ground the latter didn't have souls and were therefore comparable to animals. Later on that same organisation would play a major role in the implementation and perpetuation of colonialism. Much of the wealth the Roman Catholic Church boasts of is a proceed of these double diabolical enterprises perpetrated by Europeans against aboriginal peoples across the world.
Sooo emotional after seeing this video! While it is true that a captive was treated differently in Africa and still maintained the language, culture and religion, this fact does not lessen Arica's responsibility for the slave trade. Africa is just as guilty as the Europeans for the slave trade. The Europeans could not have kidnapped millions off of the continent without the help of Africa. No one can show up on someone's doorstep, kidnap, murder and steal with the person watching them do it unless the watcher is in agreement. As the man stated.....the Europeans had guns and other trinkets that the Africans wanted and they did not care about the fate of their fellow brothers and sisters. I actually blame Africa for the slave trade more than I blame the Europeans......if they would have killed every pale face that stepped off of those boats the moment that they got off of the boat there would have never been a slave trade.
Okay so I was going to engage in debate with you about how it does not make sense to blame those who were attacked and overpowered by those with more weapons and artillery over those who actually held these people in such barbaric conditions, but then I saw a comment of yours saying that the slave trade in general is a big lie so I’m not sure if it’s even worth it. If they attempted to kill ‘every pale face’, how many more of them would have died?
@@michelle1177Think about this. The Africans were in their own country. They out numbered the Europeans.....think about how many Europeans came off of the boat.....if there are about 10 men on the boat and 2,000 Africans how on earth can 10 European men over power 2,000 Africans?? There were no automatic weapons back then so even though the Europeans had guns the gun could only shoot one bullet at a time. You might kill 20 Africans but there are still 1,920 Africans left to fight. And the Africans have repeatedly admitted and said out of their own mouths that the Europeans had guns and other trinkets that they wanted because they were at war with other tribes. So in exchange for the guns and other trinkets they used us to pay. That is trade, not the Europeans overpowering them! The Europeans had something that the Africans wanted and they did not care about millions of their brothers and sisters being carried off the continent. Show me an African that was down at those boats fighting to stop the Europeans from taking us. No other way to spin the story.....the Africans were doing business with the Europeans and we were the currency that they used to pay for the guns. I'll even take it one step further.....many of the Africans even helped the Europeans put us on the ship! The Dahomey tribe comes to mind.....the recent movie called the woman king was based on that tribe. Hollywood lied and portrayed the Dahomey like they were trying to stop slavery but it was the opposite....this tribe participated in the slave trade. I have a video interview where they spoke to the descendants of the Dahomey people and they admitted that they participated in the slave trade with the European. Thus the Africans are more guilty for the slave trade than the Europeans! And the slave trade lie that I was referring to is the lie that we have been told in America where they said that all of us were brought here in chains on a slave ship.....there were a lot of us who were already here before slavery. Study the Olmec civilzation in Mexico. The other issue with the slave trade story is that they have never been able to find a sunken slave ship.....if you have dinosaur bones from millions of years ago then why dont you have a slave ship to show us in a museum?
I don't know about you but my children and those that follow deserve to know our history just like all the other races. You want to not know, go ahead but slavery topics will always be discussed in one way or the other especially when you're able to visit Africa, especially Ghana and Negeria!
The Europeans got some Africans involved in the trade. But mind you they didn't know what they were going through. Some might have thought they only send them to work on the other side like the menial jobs they know of. No Blackman came back to inform them what was happening on the other side so some of these Africans blindly got involved having different mindset about it. I always say if the African had known or been aware of what was talking place, they would have never been involved and fought against it.
I cried my ancestors have suffered and still suffering I live in Jamaica and I pray one day I will be able to afford a ticket to ghana I need to walk with no shoes in the land of my DNA
What you will experience will change you forever.
You will be proud of who you are. You will experience strength to own your history and teach it to others.
ABSOLUTELY! Ghana is very SPIRITUAL. I was there last summer, in fact, this brotha was my tour guide. Although my ancestry is Nigeria, my wife is Jamacain, and hers is Ghanaian. I've been to six countries in Africa, and Ghana was the most spiritual for me. Get with a group that travels there. It's not as expensive as you may think. GO FOR IT.
How ya still suffer
I can’t believe I’m 30 and herd about this for the first time LITERALLY TODAY!?!?!? HOW DO WE PRETEND THIS DID NOT HAPPEN? The victims deserve to have their story told!
Tell the story to those who are listening. No profit to be made.
Who’s pretending it didn’t happen?
@@daves2552 ima need you to sit down and think about this one 🫡
De santis
@@sherryone757 you misspelled Kamala Harris. Her family was one of the largest slave owners.
It's very hard to swallow.. I literally feel ashamed of being white and European.. I can't understand how humans can treat other humans in such a cruel, inhuman way.. 😢
I must visit Ghana and I think everyone should see by their eyes what cruelty people are capable of and what they did for hundreds of years..
You do understand that EVERY race has been enslaved and abused at some point in history correct? Including millions of whites and Europeans.
Slave originally coming from the word Slavic ,whites. Don't be embarrassed.
many europeans were in a form of slavery for many centuries, blacks complain too much
Don't be embarrassed. African kingdoms along the coast fraught and conquered neighboring tribes/ kingdoms and took slaves. Slavery was an important part of the west African kingdoms culture for millenia. That's why Europeans went there as there were so many slaves. Africans traded slaves for guns gunpowder and other European goods and that enriched their kingdom. African kingdoms were very much partners in the slave trade.
Europeans didn't charge into Africa and round of hundreds of free peaceful Africans and enslave them, they were already slaves in Africa ad were sold to Europeans at places like this.
Actually in the 1830s, the British, who had banned slavery, sent ships to the African kingdoms to persuade them to stop slavery however the African kingdoms refused as it was an important source of wealth for them. In the 1850s the British sent ships to blockade African ports to force them to stop selling slaves.
This whole history has been warped and not understood, and so now, 200 years later white people are apologizing to Africans for buying the slaves that the Africans sold to us.
@@Aggieappa best comment ever on the matter
Wow!! I can't stop crying watching this video. As a Social Studies teacher, I can see why American schools don't want us the teach the truth. It's a lot to bear but the truth shall set us free.
Very horrific I agree🥲
Let em know fuck the schools in America
The schools, certain black people don't. They want us to believe it was all white people when it was others who sold my ancestors out. They don't want us to know other Black people owned slaves.
So sad! Africans sold their own people....😢
I wonder what all the people are saying that google and CZcams don’t think we have a right to here?
Music is slightly inappropriate
Steve Harvey got me here, watching from South Africa..Ghana is now on my bucket list
So imperative that you visit 🙌🏾
I appreciate you posting this. I can feel your shocked sadness and the history also grounding you . I could see how overwhelmed you were. I wanna go and I know I’m gonna cry too.
I remembered the first Emancipation day held in Ghana 1998 to re-affirm its status as the Gateway to the African Homeland of Diasporans.. At that time i was in High School and we went to Elimena slave Dungeon. I bet you , you will be humbled and your life not gonna be the same. I think everyone should be there whether you are black ,white ,yellow.😪😪🥲🥲
I was filled with rage when I left the male dungeon. Rage. Anger. Hurt. Frustration.
The truth has been hidden from us. This truth.
Thank you for sharing this with the world.
The rage you felt was part of the journey of discovery and recovery.
This is our history. The inimaginable human cruelty. But we continue to live and find ways of healing and moving forward.
Very informative video but I'm sorry I can't stop crying I don't want to hear any more right now but I appreciate you taking the effort to make the video I still gave you a thumbs up thank you
It’s A LOT to take In I know💔😭😭 Thank you for watching
Nice piece my sister. Very educational. Thank you much.
I went to Cape Coast Castle and cried. I also went to Elmina the same day.
It was a year after that trip I found out where my paternal ancestors came from.
You have been blessed 🙏🏾🙌🏾
I heard the castles smell from a guy from Ghana I work with ?
I'm still crying and shaking. How can that be done to any human being.
This is deep and ur video ll blow up and go viral very soon
That was powerful
I subscribed to ur channel too
Thank you for the word!🙌🏾 your sub🤗🤗, and for tuning in🥰
"I dont see you as a tourist, I see you as an ancestor."
I still feel pain from this trauma, am proud to be a descendant of the maroons who fought for our freedom
Juss vlog always bringing us the best of contents ❤️❤️❤️
Thanks for running in🤗🤗
THIS IS HEART BROKEN 😭😭😭😭😭
Awesome video. Good Job! Who is the Curator of the museum? Kudos to him for his extensive knowledge.
Wow! Melody, I just finished watching this. Thank you for bringing this important yet heartbreaking piece of our ancestors' history to light. You did an amazing job here!!! Looking forward to more. Amazing and real content. Best wishes! God bless you. 🙏❤
Thank you so much for taking the time to view the video, it was extremely heartbreaking to experience.
I cried throughout the video. Definitely visiting this place when I go to Ghana.
Right now the colonizer have the most gold in storage.but they don't have a gold mine.and it were all stolen reparation is a must.slavery is the first and the biggest holocaust
The Nazis were held accountable for their crimes. What abt the British Empires and other European powers like Dutch and Portugese?
That is the question that needs more answers.
So the Africans that participated get a pass?
The Nazis crimes came to an end but the colonialism is still going on😢
It's really hard watching this. Crying as I watch.... I can't imagine all of the things that our ancestors endured 😭😭😭
Human cruelty is sickening. The cruelty and the atrocities suffered in the slave dungeons were only the beginning of what they would suffer for centuries.
Human cruelty is sickening, and for such cruelty to continue for centuries, it beats the imagination.
And yet here we are today, still living amongst some people for who cruelty is likes port.
The grace and wisdom needed not only to endure, but overcome covert and overt racism must be the same grace and wisdom our ancestors exhibited.
When you have no place to call home, and you never know when and where you will be sold and what awaited you, you develop the survival grace just to stay alive.
And today, with all the human rights and safeguarding, there are young boys and girls suffering untold cruelty at the hands of people who should know better.
This is the world we live in.
Our hearts, ears and eyes should be open to what is happening on our streets, towns and cities.
for such cruelty to continue for centuries beats the imagination.
And yet here we are today, still living amongst some people for who cruelty is like a sport.
The grace and wisdom needed not only to endure but overcome covert and overt racism must be the same grace and wisdom our ancestors exhibited.
When you have no place to call home, and you never know when and where you will be sold next and what awaited you, you develop the survival grace just to stay alive.
And today, with all the human rights and safeguarding, there are young boys and girls suffering untold cruelty at the hands of people who should know better.
This is the world we live in.
Our hearts, ears, and eyes should be open to what is happening on our streets, towns, and cities.
Very insightful video. Thank you so much .
Thanks for watching 🤗
Interesting documentary. Opened my eyes and im European.
This was beautiful. Kudos to you and the gentleman.
Thank you for watching 🤗
I am even overwhelmed with tears 😢 the souls of my ancestors rest in peace watching from Dubai.
thankyou for sharing. may god rest their souls. we must never forget
She is very strong. This is hard!
‘’ I just don’t have words for this moment’’ rolls the disco track
the reason um not crying l thnk its bcoz of the beauty of our presenter
This is heartbreaking, sadness and anger awaits anyone after leaving this room. This room as I heard was called pit of hell.
I believe the people that put those people there are burning in hell today
I have been there myself both cape coast and elmina castles with my Finland's friends some years back and guess what...both the whites and we ourselves couldn't stop crying for some time. All because of the the treatments our ancestors went through, the maltreatment and a whole lot 😂😂 but can't continue wish you can there yourself one day to witness everything yourself. May God bless Africans❤
god bless europeons also. Historical context it was a different time guys
Africans sold Africans of neighboring tribes to Europeans. The focus starts there.
Been there last weekend. Just know it's disheartening 😢
I can say for fact ,they did suffered more than what we are imagining today,, how I wish there were videos by then to see the exact pains and torture these innocent people were going through 😢
There are audio recordings of actual slaves talking about their experiences
Its different reading about slavery, and site seeing the real slavery zones. This is very painful ma Africa.
It's very sad 😭 and you make me cry
I have to see this. My ancestors were strong. ❤️🙏
A very 😢 story of our foe fathers
I can see my sister tryna hold back the tears😢 this really must be very moving
7:24 she rethinking those sandals she got on 😂
this really hurts
So heartbreaking 💔💔💔
30:00, I like how you accept the Welcome. I guess that any compassionate being can feel the pain your ancestors and equals went through.
Why did The Continent allow the Europeans to build that fortress on their land?
The time they brought Jesus Christ to Ghana, Africa.
Europeans who we're mere churchgoers perpetrated slave trade. Genuine christian Europeans fought against it and stopped it.
Slavery was hell 😢😢😢
I have seen many videos on this, and I have a lot of knowledge on slavery and the trade. But one thing I have researched is a lot on the African Traders and merchants , the interesting thing is the Castle was build with the permission of the African coastal rulers. So the activities in the fort was known by the coastal town people. That means the coastal people allowed this to happen, I just think we should think about that.
Interesting and sad point.
The castle was initially build for trading and later converted to dungeons...stop putting blames now n look into the future...now is mental slavery not in chains
Otu, leave them alone. Some are trolls and bots send by western countries to with pre made comments to confused us. My elder brothers didn't go to school because my great grandfather was against it. He said it was another tactic of the whiteman to enslave us. My great grandfather died when I was a baby. It's a long story. In short, we have family members that were taken into slavery. We feel the hurt as if it happened yesterday. Only ignorant people will come and tell me what their fellow African did to them during the slave trade. My great great great uncle was shot down my our own village man, by the order of the whiteman. He had no choice. Man! I'm hurt.
Correction: With the permission of the coastal rulers for trading in gold.
The ethnic nations that surround the castes were the ones who had the !pat of their people's taken as captices. It is not as if they collided with the European to sell their own people. They were the main victims.
😢 I feel crying
I real feel sad hearing this story God bless our ancêtres énergie Ghana 🇬🇭 France 🇫🇷 aweke time now we have to love one and other much love ✌️💯❤️👸🤴
Goosebumps 😰
the sickness in my heart i feel is indescribable
The food hatch and rhe hole in the door they exolained remi ds me of the prisons in these days where there is a hatch for people to have their food and this place seems like it is where the prison hatch originated.
Thanks my sister for your video and your experience lots of our history have been hidden from us my hope is all black people should have the opportunity to visit all i can says has long you’re a black man you’re an African does matter where you from you’re an African
My question is what kind of sermon did they preach in the church? Or what kind of Bible did they use? Seeing the church sitting on the male dungeons is very appalling.
Fear not,is sad but the Lord will fight for us...✌️✌️🥰
When was the lord when all of this happened?
Nice video but the music don't match the tone of this video.
Yes I agree! I’m working to fix this, I was having an issue with finding a beat that wouldn’t present a copy right issue. But going forward we now have a music engineer on board🤗so that part will no longer be an issue 🙌🏾 thanks for your feedback, support, and thanks for tunning in☺️
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Sorry but there’s a lot of erroneous and missing history being told here. There are several accurate documentaries on you tube if you want the true history of this place. Still very sad what happened here.
Bro how can I watch some please any link to see more
I came here to inquire some information on how African countries/ tribes dealt with enslavement on their continent.
I just subscribe hmmm very sad 😭😭
interisting to watch but this interupting loud music was quite anoying
Great video ❤
but black peoples never learned, i praises my ancestors and I’m thankful and grateful to them so that i can be here Today European make them see hell on EARTH 😢sad
De man has really done well
My God My God My God, how can Human-Beings treat other Human-Beings like that, Just how, and why, for what reason? That's why I couldn't finished the tour, when my Husband took me there, I just got sick. Very weak, lightheaded, tired, and exhausted. I just couldn't go on another step, we had to Stop 🛑 with the touring. I Promised myself that I'll never returned back on a tour like that again. Jesusssssssss Christ have Mercy on such People 🙏
Yes is True 😢😢😢
It was built by the British, not just English
Omg!! This is absolutely barbaric and i have never heard of it before, i started to see posts come up on fb and i researched it and this is where i ended up watching the most heartbreaking unthinkable evil hanious events of the past, im sick to my stomach 😢😢😢
There’s always Philip Kweku in every society.
GOD Will BE With His PEOPLE GO TURN BACK to GOD of HEAVEN$ GO BACK to YOUR NATIVE LAND Deuteronomy 8:8 👉💯👀🙏😇🎁🎺🏆❤️ JOHN 15:10 GOD Will BE With HIS PEOPLE Deuteronomy 8:8
Deuteronomy does not apply to any ethnic nation in Ghana.
None are rooted for centuries I'm Torah for laws or spiritual systems.The
If you are Israelites unsteady have your pro!used land per the covenant woth Abram found in Gemesis. That land has specific parameters. It is in the mid-east and Asia. Has nothing to do with Sub Saharan Afrika.
may their souls rest in peace............*BASE DROP* BEW WEEW WOO!
Oh africa i love its so sad ❤❤❤❤❤
Its such a painful thought of what what happening to our kins of Africa. Just unexplainable how cruel the white man would do this to fellow human... can this be revisited and the truth be told..
So you think a boat load of white guys showed up and just stole all these folks?
If you go there. And you are not crying. Then you're not a humanbeing. I made a video yesterday about slavery, cried for 10 mins after I finished the video.
Horrific tragic #history
AFRICANS Americans 👉 DESERVE The BEST LIVING GOD SPEAKING OF NOW GO Get IT 👉 Deuteronomy 8:8 GOD Chosen People PSALM 94:16 Genesis 45:7;8 EXODUS 20:1-17 Deuteronomy 27&28'1-14
There is a need for research into the spiritual belief systems of the enslaved people from these regions. For instance gaining a better understanding of Akan spirituality, as this is the tribal group of Ghana with power dominance during the slave trade eras, even today. Should help us understand the level of spiritual strongholds these events of slavery which by no means is a past, but ongoing problem between Africa and The West. Just looking beyond the reasonable explanation to why a slave trade castle should be built upon a rock by the sea. Indeed it is a direct route to the ships. But could they not have built these castles inlands aswell?. Why the port and on top of solid rock? Even roof, walls and floor are made of rock. By coincident? The slaves have already walked in some cases cross continental, so walking a few hours from a castle in inland territory to slave ships by sea port should not be a problem at all. Understanding that in these Western African tribal territories, they have a common religious traditions of worshipping water deities. Water, especially the sea where the "queen of the coast", the most revered queen of the ocean resides. You build these castles not by a lake, but right next to the territory of the "queen of the coast". In this very ocean you dispose of corpses as if there is no tomorrow!. Also looking at the rock. The rock is a solid foundation, an identity given in many faith systems including Christianity. A wise man builds his house upon a rock, a house which can never shake or break. Now which solid foundation did these white men build through these castle?. You not only build this castle upon a rock above the ocean right into the territory of the queen of the coast. This castle is everything rock: floor, wall and roof. And the Akan people also happens to believe in a deity powers by the name of Tete Abodom. They are spiritual deities who occupies the earth elements of water, rock and mountain. Their diety purpose is to protect communities from dangers and misfortunes. Now this castle just tore down and nullified all the powers of these deities no?. Inside this castle you are the most worthless thing in the entire existence of life! And where are your gods?. Does this not also trample and war directly at the spiritual powers and strenght of these enslaved people?. Just like when during colonialism their lootings targets spiritual artifacts, taking away the spiritual powers of the people they pursue dominance, control and rule over! This is clearly intentional and certainly conspired and planned. Why did the europeans suddenly change the trade of goods for human resources? No longer gold is valuable? Even today gold is the only authentic wealth currency. So how come human slaves became more valuable than gold? Unless the europeans intentionally structured a conspiracy of complete destruction and occupation over the continent and its people? One that is permanent, a no return one. I find it interesting how faith in returning to where you came from is significant. You came from one deity and you return to them by death. Why on earth was it all important for the whites to structure and organise the entire slave journey a no return one? Even the slave castle, you never walks back a room, just going forward wherever that may be! To me, this is very much ritualistic at best. Your journey into slavery, one that cannot be compared to what you heard of is definitely permanent and eternal, no return at all!.
Isaiah 30 vs 1 - 4 Woe to the obstinate Children declares the Lord ,to those who carry out plansthat are not mine , forming an anlliance , but not by my Spirit, heaping sin upon sin
Ok....I knew some money was going to be exchanged. Respect the playa
All the worst that happened to Africa was caused by Africans ,as An African from Algeria this so hurtful to know a sad story and how humans being are treated to the worst things that the mind can't imagine,Rest in peace to all the souls lost ,Allah will get back what's taken from you ,Peace
None of those castles were occupied or administered by Afrikans.
They are European structures for their benefit
Hmm africa is heavenly continent
Wow blame the victims! Since you are from Algeria, I guess of Arab descent, very familiar with the Arab slave trade of black Africans, and what’s happening today in Libya, another Arab state of the Maghreb. However, I applaud you from calling yourself African, North Africans Arab states usually prefer to not associate with the rest of the continent, but more with southern Europe and the Middle East.
@@csihon gtfoh! I'm Amazigh piatch! You don't tell me where I'm from you ignorant go read some history before opening your mouth ,maybe you're Arab bs from middle East
I knew it had to be he'll, because demons were forcing them into this life. 😢😠😡🤬
It is important that we discuss the history of such buildings. However no mention of who actually ended slavery (British colonial government). Just the usual over simplistic trope of ‘bad’ Europeans and ‘good’ indigenous Africans. It could be argued that British rule, while not perfect by any stretch of the imagination, did shield many of the people from the worst excesses of tyrannical chiefs, famine, disease, slavey and human sacrifice. Note the records of how few British police and military there actually were present during the colonial period. They could not have maintained control for such an extended period without consent from local people.
Trying to distort history. There was a lot of resistance but Africans had no guns. 1 person with a gun can control 100 people with no guns. The era of skewing history to maintain your diabolical agenda is far gone. No mainstream media control of information anymore
And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon him. And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not their's, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years; and also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance.
Genesis 15:12-14
The Bible is not a christian book. There are no christians. Everyone from Genesis to Revelations was an Israelite. Unfortunately, they broke tge Covenant with their God. The same God that delivered them from the bondage of the Egyptians. Slavery is the punishment for breaking the first Commandment: THOU SHALT HAVE NO OTHER GODS BEFORE ME.
Some nonsense in this. "Slaves were treated well in Africa but not by white people" except by the African kingdom of Dahomey that practiced ritual beheadings of hundreds of their domestic slaves at important events.
They also gloss over the part that African kingdoms played in the slave trade.
The British had banned slavery in the 1830s and sent ambassadors to some west African kingdoms to try to convince them to stop selling slaves however the west African kingdoms refused. The king of the African kingdom of dahomey replied that slavery was an integral part of their culture and a source of wealth. As it was for many parts of the world at that time.
These African kingdoms traded slaves for european weapons and goods to become wealthier and more powerful. The Africans were very much partners in the slave trade.
Europeans didn't charge inland and round up hundreds of free Africans and enslave them as some people imagine, they came to the coast and the African kingdoms brought out the slaves they wanted to sell.
Here Africans are portrayed as having little power but that's not true. There were many large African kingdoms like dahomey, oyo, and Benin at this time. It's important to study both sides of the story. People know the American history but most don't know west African history. It's very interesting.
In the 1850s the British had naval ships blockade some African ports in order to stop them selling slaves and attacked ships along the coast suspected of being slave ships.
But this history is not well known and so we have the strange situation nowadays of Europeans apologizing to Africans for buying the slaves that Africans sold to us.
Girl shut up
They are eager to point out to the church but forget the role played by the church in the abolishment of slave trade
I guess the church did great then......after how long.......interesting
@@chairmankay after they saw what was happening in the dungeon
@@isaacboateng1789 you are one of those people who see yourself as inferior to the whiteman and see everything about them as better. Were they not holding so-called church services when they were holding enslaved people on the lower level? Abolishing the slave trade became hip so they all jumped on the bandwagon after they have dehumanized human beings and the effect of which is still present
@@kwakuakonto8942 what I know is they help save lives through the abolishment of human sacrifices which was normal in those days. Come to think of it did I say I support white supremacy or what? The church helped in the abolishment of slave trade which is fact
Isaac I think you should make a difference when you mention the Church. The Roman Catholic Church actually approved the enslavement of Africans on the ground the latter didn't have souls and were therefore comparable to animals. Later on that same organisation would play a major role in the implementation and perpetuation of colonialism. Much of the wealth the Roman Catholic Church boasts of is a proceed of these double diabolical enterprises perpetrated by Europeans against aboriginal peoples across the world.
ok. lets talk about black future not history! it’s our time to shine and prosper!!
the whites are still the whites 😢
Sooo emotional after seeing this video! While it is true that a captive was treated differently in Africa and still maintained the language, culture and religion, this fact does not lessen Arica's responsibility for the slave trade.
Africa is just as guilty as the Europeans for the slave trade. The Europeans could not have kidnapped millions off of the continent without the help of Africa.
No one can show up on someone's doorstep, kidnap, murder and steal with the person watching them do it unless the watcher is in agreement.
As the man stated.....the Europeans had guns and other trinkets that the Africans wanted and they did not care about the fate of their fellow brothers and sisters.
I actually blame Africa for the slave trade more than I blame the Europeans......if they would have killed every pale face that stepped off of those boats the moment that they got off of the boat there would have never been a slave trade.
Okay so I was going to engage in debate with you about how it does not make sense to blame those who were attacked and overpowered by those with more weapons and artillery over those who actually held these people in such barbaric conditions, but then I saw a comment of yours saying that the slave trade in general is a big lie so I’m not sure if it’s even worth it. If they attempted to kill ‘every pale face’, how many more of them would have died?
@@michelle1177Think about this. The Africans were in their own country. They out numbered the Europeans.....think about how many Europeans came off of the boat.....if there are about 10 men on the boat and 2,000 Africans how on earth can 10 European men over power 2,000 Africans??
There were no automatic weapons back then so even though the Europeans had guns the gun could only shoot one bullet at a time. You might kill 20 Africans but there are still 1,920 Africans left to fight.
And the Africans have repeatedly admitted and said out of their own mouths that the Europeans had guns and other trinkets that they wanted because they were at war with other tribes. So in exchange for the guns and other trinkets they used us to pay.
That is trade, not the Europeans overpowering them! The Europeans had something that the Africans wanted and they did not care about millions of their brothers and sisters being carried off the continent.
Show me an African that was down at those boats fighting to stop the Europeans from taking us.
No other way to spin the story.....the Africans were doing business with the Europeans and we were the currency that they used to pay for the guns. I'll even take it one step further.....many of the Africans even helped the Europeans put us on the ship! The Dahomey tribe comes to mind.....the recent movie called the woman king was based on that tribe. Hollywood lied and portrayed the Dahomey like they were trying to stop slavery but it was the opposite....this tribe participated in the slave trade. I have a video interview where they spoke to the descendants of the Dahomey people and they admitted that they participated in the slave trade with the European. Thus the Africans are more guilty for the slave trade than the Europeans!
And the slave trade lie that I was referring to is the lie that we have been told in America where they said that all of us were brought here in chains on a slave ship.....there were a lot of us who were already here before slavery. Study the Olmec civilzation in Mexico. The other issue with the slave trade story is that they have never been able to find a sunken slave ship.....if you have dinosaur bones from millions of years ago then why dont you have a slave ship to show us in a museum?
Please you shouldn’t show this kind of things. The past is the past.
Shuuuu
So should we not show anybody's history? Nothing about the holocaust all are anything like that?
I don't know about you but my children and those that follow deserve to know our history just like all the other races. You want to not know, go ahead but slavery topics will always be discussed in one way or the other especially when you're able to visit Africa, especially Ghana and Negeria!
Please remember this.Those who don't know where they are coming from will never know where they are going.
The past was hidden from a lot of people. The truth is here now.
Who enslaved the afrians? Was it other Africans?
The Europeans got some Africans involved in the trade. But mind you they didn't know what they were going through. Some might have thought they only send them to work on the other side like the menial jobs they know of. No Blackman came back to inform them what was happening on the other side so some of these Africans blindly got involved having different mindset about it. I always say if the African had known or been aware of what was talking place, they would have never been involved and fought against it.
Among others,yes.
De man has really done well