"William St. Clair makes the ancient walls of Cape Coast Castle speak by drawing on an immense archive of the castle's public records and ledgers not studied in any detail before-including personal letters, the correspondence with fellow officers, receipts for the buying and selling of slaves, and scribbled notes sent between the castle and the slave ships. Bleached by the sun or stained by salt water, these unique writings offer glimpses of events noted down centuries ago as they happened, without hindsight or agenda." "By telling the grim story of the castle and of some of the people who lived, worked, or were imprisoned within its walls, William St Clair illuminates a vast panorama of modern history which in its entirety is hard to comprehend."
Authors
William Clair
Additional Info
- Release Date: 2007-04-01
- Publisher: Bluebridge
- Format: Hardcover
- ISBN: 9781933346052
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