Vice President Kamala Harris became visibly emotional Tuesday during a visit to a colonial-era African slave fort, lamenting the fate of millions of captives who passed through a “door of no return…
Vice President Kamala Harris became visibly emotional Tuesday during a visit to a colonial-era African slave fort, lamenting the fate of millions of captives who passed through a “door of no return” to be carried away on ships and sold in the Americas.
The 58-year-old said her visit was “immensely powerful and moving” and called the fortress a “place of horror.”AFP via Getty Images “All of us, regardless of our background, have benefitted from their fight for freedom and justice,” Harris concluded her remarks. Harris also pledged a new era of partnership with Africa, envisioning “a future that is propelled by African innovation.”
Cape Coast Castle is one of dozens of fortresses in West Africa that held slaves, many of them in Ghana. The government here has viewed preserving them as part of its historical responsibility.
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