A slave fort or slave castle was a fortification designed to provide a defensible area in which enslaved victims would be kept until ships were ready to embark them and forcibly migrate them during the atlantic slave trade.[1] A slave fort was a militarized factory (trading post) which evolved at locations where the slave trade played a significant economic role on the coast of Africa. These forts were built by the state or chartered companies from nine European countries.[2]
- ^ "Slave forts case study". archive.understandingslavery.com. Understanding Slavery Initiative. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
- ^ Lawrence, A. W. (1964). Trade Castles and Forts of West Africa.