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17
May
Sierra Leone
"Freetown is so named for a reason. Land bought from local Themne chiefs in the late 18th century became the new home for resettled freed slaves from Britain and North America, and of 'recaptives' taken off seized slave ships on the Atlantic after Britain passed...
17
May
Washington District of Columbia
In 1957, D.C. became the first large city in the United States to be majority Black, earning it the moniker “Chocolate City.”...
17
May
Ghana
"For almost 150 years, Ghana, on Africa’s west coast, was the center of the British slave trade. Western traders arrived in ships loaded with manufactured goods to barter or trade for people to enslave."...