Slave House, Historical slave house museum in Janjanbureh, Gambia
The Slave House is a museum building in Janjanbureh featuring solid stone construction with barred windows and multiple interior spaces that once held people awaiting forced transport. The layout and structural details reflect the building's design for this specific purpose.
The structure was built in the late 1700s to serve as a detention facility before forced transport down the Gambia River. It represents a physical reminder of this period in the region's commercial history.
The building stands as a place of remembrance where visitors can engage with the human stories behind the transatlantic trade in enslaved people. The displays help people understand how this commerce directly affected families and communities across West Africa.
The museum is open daily and visitors can walk through the rooms with guided tours to understand the history on site. Getting there from nearby towns requires advance planning to arrange local transportation.
The walls inside contain markings and inscriptions left by people who were held there centuries ago. These handwritten traces remain as quiet testimony to individual experiences from that era.
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