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Cape Coast Castle

A whitewashed slave fort on the shore, where enslaved Africans were held in dungeons before shipment, now a museum.

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Time Needed
2 hours

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A whitewashed slave fort on the shore, where enslaved Africans were held in dungeons before shipment, now a museum.

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