https://padlet.com/skcornett/6zlwpn8w7um3 (Africa) en-us 2018-08-16 17:23:54 UTC 2018-10-26 17:15:45 UTC hello@padlet.com skcornett https://padlet.com/skcornett/6zlwpn8w7um3/wish/273548132 The Elmina Castle became a hellhole for salves who were currently being held to be shipped away from their home and families. When trying to increase population, slaves including woman who refused to sleep with their captors were chained up in the courtyard and left to die in the heat]]> 2018-08-16 17:28:43 UTC https://padlet.com/skcornett/6zlwpn8w7um3/wish/273548132 skcornett https://padlet.com/skcornett/6zlwpn8w7um3/wish/273549372  The great demand of slaves coincided with the introduction of guns and gunpowder into Ghana. Wars of conquest, expansion, aggression and revenge became a feature to the Ghanaian experience. ]]> 2018-08-16 17:33:20 UTC https://padlet.com/skcornett/6zlwpn8w7um3/wish/273549372 skcornett https://padlet.com/skcornett/6zlwpn8w7um3/wish/273550761 The Slave trade stopped the coming into being of a farming revolution in Ghana. With no one to take care of the land, areas appear to have changed with little grass and mud-walled huts]]> 2018-08-16 17:38:12 UTC https://padlet.com/skcornett/6zlwpn8w7um3/wish/273550761 skcornett https://padlet.com/skcornett/6zlwpn8w7um3/wish/273552134 With the giant slave trade and decrease of population, Africa’s ability to defend itself was seriously weakened. Society’s ability to reproduce itself economically, socially, and culturally was also hurt since people ages 18-40 were taken out]]> 2018-08-16 17:43:16 UTC https://padlet.com/skcornett/6zlwpn8w7um3/wish/273552134