The Grand Slave Emporium

From the handsome building of Cape Coast Castle on the Atlantic shore African men, women and children were sold as slaves and carried across the ocean. This book tells the story of the castle and some of the people who lived, worked or were imprisoned within its walls.

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From this handsome building on the Atlantic shore African men, women and children were sold as slaves and carried across the ocean. In a truly original book, by telling the story of the castle and some of the people who lived, worked or were imprisoned within its walls, William St Clair is able to illuminate a panorama of modern history which in its entirety is hard to comprehend.