FORT PRINZENSTEIN

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THERE ARE 38 SLAVE CASTLES IN GHANA BUT THIS IS ONE OF THE LESS FAMOUS WITH THE MOST BRUTAL HISTORY.... HALF OF THE CASTLE HAS BEEN CONSUMED BY THE OCEAN RECEDING..... THIS CASTLE RESIDES IN KETA.... KETA WAS THE CAPITAL OF TRANSVOLTA/TOGO LAND UNDER THE GERMANS..... (ITS AMAZING HOW OTHER COUNTRIES COME AND CLAIM OUR CONTINENT)..... I WAS TOLD ABOUT THIS CASTLE FROM THE LOCAL NATIVES.... THIS IS NOT ON ANY MAJOR "TOURIST ATTRACTIONS" LIST..... BUT IT IS A "MUST SEE" IF YOU COME TO GHANA..... THE MOST HEART WRENCHING PART OF THIS TOUR WAS THE TORCHORING DUNGEON WHERE YOU CAN SEE THE EVIDENCE OF SLAVES TRYING TO DIG THEMSELVES OUT WITH THEIR OWN FINGERS..... THE GUIDE ADMITTED TO WITHOLDING MORE INFORMATION OF TORTURES THERE TO KEEP ME FROM CRYING.... I GUESS HE COULD SEE THE ANGER IN MY FACE.... THE LOCALS TALK ABOUT THE LOUD NOISES YOU HEAR FROM THE DUNGEON EVERY NIGHT AFTER MIDNIGHT..... ONLY A COUPLE OF DARING SOULS HAVE TRIED TO SLEEP THERE, BUT NOT ONE LASTED A WHOLE NIGHT..... AS A MATTER OF FACT, THE PERSON WHO STAYED THERE THE LONGEST LASTED ONLY 15 MINUTES AFTER MIDNIGHT.... THEY HAVE FOUND SKELETONS OF OUR ANCESTORS IN THE DETERIORATING WALLS.... THEY BURIED THESE PEOPLE IN THE BUILDING.... THE UNRESTED SOULS STILL LINGER..... AFTER LEAVING THIS CASTLE I DONT THINK I CAN STAND SEEING ANOTHER ONE.....

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