Historians Work to Preserve Slave Castle in Sierra Leone

Posted on August 10, 2011

SOURCE: Catholic Online (8-8-11)

Wealthy anonymous donors in the United States, a group of historians, archaeologists and concerned citizens are working to preserve what’s left of the infamous slave castle on Bunce Island near Sierra Leone in Africa. The area is a crucial site in remembering America’s slave trade in the 18th and 19th centuries. Philanthropists now want to build a museum that explores the island’s role in the transatlantic slave trade.

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