Black History Fact No.2: Elmina Castle

Elmina Castle, located on west coast of Ghana, was the first European slave trading post. The slave dungeons were cramped & filthy and each cell was filled with as many as 200 people. A staircase led directly from the governer's chambers (on the upper level) to the women's dungeon, where he selected women to serve as personal concubines. By the 18th century, 30,000 slaves passed through the Door of No Return each year on their way to North & South America.