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Kunta Kinteh Island and Related Sites
James Island and associated sites bear witness to the major periods and aspects of the encounter between Africa and Europe along the Gambia River, from pre-colonial and pre-slavery times through to independence. The site is particularly relevant to the beginning and abolition of the slave trade. It also documents early access to the African interior.
Island of Gorée
Gorée Island is located off the coast of Senegal, across the sea from Dakar. From the 15th to the 19th century, it was the largest slave trading center on the African coast. The island was ruled by Portugal, the Netherlands, Britain and France, and its architecture is characterized by the contrast between the gloomy slave quarters and the elegant houses of the slave traders. Today, it remains a relic of human exploitation and a refuge for reconciliation.
Le Morne Cultural Landscape
Le Morne Cultural Landscape is a rugged mountain range jutting into the Indian Ocean in southwestern Mauritius, which was used as a refuge by escaped slaves, the Maroons, in the 18th and early 19th centuries. Protected by the mountain’s isolated, wooded and almost inaccessible cliffs, escaped slaves established small settlements in caves and on the summit of Le Morne. Oral traditions associated with the Maroons have made Le Morne a symbol of the slaves’ struggle for freedom, suffering and sacrifice, all of which are linked to the countries from which they came - mainland Africa, Madagascar, India and Southeast Asia. In fact, Mauritius was an important stopover in the eastern slave trade and is known as the “Republic of the Maroons” because of the large number of escaped slaves who lived in Le Morne.
Historic Centre of Salvador de Bahia
Salvador was the first capital of Brazil from 1549 to 1763 and witnessed a fusion of European, African and Amerindian cultures. From 1558, it was also the first slave market in the New World, where slaves came to work on the sugar plantations. The city has preserved many outstanding Renaissance buildings. A feature of the old town are the brightly colored houses, often decorated with elaborate stucco.
Brimstone Hill Fortress National Park
Brimstone Hill Fortress National Park is an outstanding example of well-preserved 17th and 18th century military architecture in the Caribbean. Designed by the British and built by African slave labor, the fortress stands as a testimony to European colonial expansion, the African slave trade and colonialism. Trade and the emergence of new societies in the Caribbean.