Bunce Island: A British Slave Castle in Sierra Leone at Field Museum of Natural History (Monday November 9, 2009)

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Bunce Island: A British Slave Castle in Sierra Leone

Monday November 9, 2009 from 9:00am - 5:00pm

Field Museum of Natural History

1400 S Lake Shore Dr
Chicago, Illinois 60605 Get Directions

In the days of the transatlantic slave trade, many African captives last left Africa by passing through "slave castles" on the continent's west coast. Discover the inner workings of the Bunce Island castle of Sierra Leone, and learn how some African-Americans today are tracing their ancestry back to this site.

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