African Slave Castle Tour Pt. 1 | Bunce Island Castle in Sierra Leone | West African Slave Trade

Author Avatar

Authentic African

Joined: Mar 2024
Spread the love


African Slave Castle Tour Pt. 1 | Bunce Island Castle in Sierra Leone | West African Slave Trade


Bunce Island Castle is The Only Slave Castle in Sierra Leone. It played a big part in the West African Slave Trade…Bunce Island (also spelled “Bence,” “Bense,” or “Bance” at different periods) is an island in the Sierra Leone River. It is situated in Freetown Harbour, the estuary of the Rokel River and Port Loko Creek, about 20 miles (32…

source

Reviews

0 %

User Score

0 ratings
Rate This

Sharing

Leave your comment

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

7 Comments

  1. Sierra Leone is no longer interested in reminding our brothers and sisters in the diaspora about the pain and suffering our ancestors going through in the time of slave trade. That is why most of this area like bounce Island. Banana Island. York villages and King Jimmy are not fully maintained because of our people that came back from Nova Scotland. Sierra Leone is one of the main centre ground distination in Africa for most white slave business owners.

  2. Thanks for covering this history that in many respect forgotten and is covered greatly in places like Ghana. Is there a connection to the slave dungeons in Ghana? Was this on in SL a feeder dungeon to Ghana? ALso what tribes were selling other Africans in SL at that time?