View of Elmina Castle from a distance
2008 Elmina, Ghana
This 2008 photograph shows Elmina Castle from a distance along Ghana's coastline. Raised by the Portuguese in 1482 and later taken over by the Dutch, the fortress was long used as a hub of the trans-Atlantic slave trade.
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