- Vice President Kamala Harris started her Tuesday in Ghana looking toward what the future could hold for Africa — but on Tuesday afternoon, she looked back at the dark history of slavery on the continent, visibly moved by what she had just seen at Cape Coast Castle, where Africans were held captive before being sent to the Americas and Caribbean.
- “Being here was — was immensely powerful and moving,” Harris said after touring the grounds, her voice breaking with emotion. “When we think about human beings retrieved by the hundreds of thousands, in this very place that we now stand. The crimes that happened here. The blood that was shed here.”
Today, I visited Cape Coast Castle in Ghana.
Hundreds of thousands of enslaved African people were forced here, tortured, and brutalized.
The horrific journey that began here shaped the history of the world. This history must always be remembered, understood, and taught. pic.twitter.com/8GD1WZN1G8
— Vice President Kamala Harris (@VP) March 29, 2023
