Traveling through the
Route des esclaves (the route of the slaves) in Ouidah in coastal Benin is a poignant experience. Through this road, thousands of slaves were marched to the waiting boats on the coast. Ouidah was a major slave trading center of West Africa from where west-European slave traders procured men, women and children to work in the plantations of the Americas. These human beings had the misfortune of being born in a period of history when they were forcibly turned into commodities and traded for canons, gunpowder, alcohol, and perhaps other goods unavailable on African shores.
In 1992 modest monuments were erected along the
Route des esclaves – bookmarks in this dark chapter. Varun shot these pictures.
The tree and the square where the slaves were traded.
The rebels were tied and gagged.
Many died even before reaching the boats. A memorial marks the mass grave.
Free in death.
The gate of no return.
The land that they left behind… forever.
So much history and it was nice to see pictures from the other side. Thanks Gopi and Varun the pictures were lovely.
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The pictures tell the story very well.
Have been reading about the plight of the slaves in Howard Zinn's "A People's History of the United States." I would highly recommend this book to put glossy America in perspective. Other blog posts give us a good idea of your city.
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