A long time ago some parts of Zanzibar were major slave trading areas. We went to the old Slave market and to Prison Island. Prison Island was where they sent the strongest and potential trouble makers .
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| throughout the years the building began to crumble so they planted this plant. |
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| the door way from the prison to the stairs leading directly into the ocean where boats would wait to take the prisoners to far away places as slaves |
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| this is were the slaves gathered to be sorted so say there was a family of 4 |
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dad goes to Italy , mom goes to Spain, brother goes to England and sister goes to France.
The tortoises are now the only prisoners on prison Island
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| Best part of the tour |
After Prison Island we did a walking tour in Stonetown of the actual old Slave Market. It got you thinking about what actually happened and how aweful it would have been.
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| Our guide Hans shows us the chains slaves wore |
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| Up to 70 people in this tiny cell with only two small windows for air. Many suffocated and starved here before being bought and taken off of Zanzibar to other places |
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| It seems a ghost intercepted our camera. Honestly didn't alter this photo of me at the Slave monument |
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