Slavery

Connected Sites: 51

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Connected Sites

Stone Town of Zanzibar
Inscribed: 2000
3.44
178
7
Kunta Kinteh Island
Inscribed: 2003
2.07
49
5
"Directly And Tangibly Associated With The Beginning And The Conclusion Of The Slave Trade, Retaining Its Memory Related To The African Diaspora." (Crit Vi Ouv), "Furthermore, The Six-Gun Battery And Fort Bullen Were Constructed With The Express Intent Of Thwarting The Slave Trade Once It Had Become Illegal." (Ab Ev)
Island of Gorée
Inscribed: 1978
2.89
80
3
Meknes
Meknes
Morocco
Inscribed: 1996
2.97
274
6
Moulay Ismail's Habs Kara
Ruins of Kilwa Kisiwani and Songo Mnara
Inscribed: 1981
3.26
25
5
Zabid
Zabid
Yemen
Inscribed: 1993
2.34
13
2
Socotra Archipelago
Inscribed: 2008
3.79
23
3
Timbuktu
Inscribed: 1988
3.45
33
2
Island of Mozambique
Inscribed: 1991
3.21
18
3
Brimstone Hill Fortress
Brimstone Hill Fortress
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Inscribed: 1999
2.82
94
5
Built By Slave Labour
Salvador de Bahia
Inscribed: 1985
3.35
94
4
Malé Revolt - "Most Significant Slave Rebellion In Brazil" 1835.
See Www.Africandiasporastudies.Com
Coro and its Port
Inscribed: 1993
2.64
19
2
"Coro, French Republic Of- Coro, A Town In Eastern Venezuela, Was The Center Of A Massive Slave Revolt In 1795. The Revolt's Leader, José Leonardo Chirinos, Declared Coro A "French Republic" And Announced That The New Nation Would Govern Itself By The Ideals Of The French Revolution. The Spanish Government Crushed The Insurgents, And Chirinos Along With His Lieutenants Was Executed In December Of 1796. The Memory Of Chirinos Has Been Appropriated By The Bolivaran Revolution Of Hugo Chavez And The Airport Of Coro Has Been Named After Him.
Cartagena
Cartagena
Colombia
Inscribed: 1984
3.37
177
5
"The Cartagena Slave Market, The Largest In The New World, Was Held In The Plaza De Los Coches" (Orignally Plaza Del Esclavo")
See Www.Cartagenacolombia.Us
Potosi
Potosi
Bolivia
Inscribed: 1987
3.17
115
6
"To Compensate For The Diminishing Indigenous Labor Force, The Colonists Made A Request In 1608 To The Crown In Madrid To Begin Allowing For The Importation Of 1500 To 2000 African Slaves Per Year. An Estimated Total Of 30,000 African Slaves Were Taken To Potos? Throughout The Colonial Era. African Slaves Were Also Forced To Work In The Casa De La Moneda As Ac?Milas Humanas (Human Mules). Since Mules Would Die After Couple Of Months Pushing The Mills, The Colonists Replaced The Four Mules With Twenty African Slaves."
See Www.Realhistories.Org.Uk
Monticello
Monticello
United States of America
Inscribed: 1987
3.23
213
12
Jefferson Kept Slaves At Monicello -Both In The Fields And In The House "Thomas Jefferson Made A Habit Of Inspecting His Plantation In The Afternoon To Monitor The Work Of The 150 Slaves Who Worked At Monticello And His Outlying Farms. Always Interested In Measurements And Record-Keeping, Jefferson Made Extensive Notations About His Slaves And Their Duties In His Farm Book And Memorandum Books. For Instance, He Noted The Rations His Overseer Distributed, The Number Of Yards He Purchased For Clothing, The Daily Task Required By Particular Slaves, And The Cost Of Items Purchased For Use In The Kitchen."
See Www.Monticello.Org
Trinidad and the Valley de los Ingenios
Inscribed: 1988
3.55
166
4
The Icomos Document States "In 1827 There Were (Total Population) 28706 Of Which 11697 Were Slaves Working In The 56 Mills"
Itchan Kala
Itchan Kala
Uzbekistan
Inscribed: 1990
3.77
142
5
Had A Very Flourishing Slave Market
Diamantina
Inscribed: 1999
2.88
44
5
Its Mines Were Worked By Slaves. It Was Also The Home Of One Of Brazil's Most "Famous" Slaves Who Has Become A Soap Opera Figure "Chica Da Silva"
Ouro Preto
Inscribed: 1980
3.44
85
6
The Main Tourist Mine Is Named After An African Slave.
See Brazil-Travel.Suite101.Com
Olinda
Olinda
Brazil
Inscribed: 1982
3.06
56
4
The City Is Built On Wealth From Sugar Grown And Harvested By Slaves In The Plantations Of Pernambuco. In The Praça Da Abolição (Abolition Square) Is A Statue Of Princess Isabel, Who, In 1888, Signed The Lei Aurea (Golden Law) Abolising Slavery In Brazil. She Did This As Regent Whilst Her Father Pedro Ii Travelled Abroad. The Law (Signed In Petropolis) Was Promulgated In This Square.
Cidade Velha
Cidade Velha
Cabo Verde
Inscribed: 2009
1.92
60
3
Important Port In The Transcontinental Slavery
Bordeaux
Bordeaux
France
Inscribed: 2007
3.27
342
7
18th Century Slave Trade
See Www.Washingtonpost.Com
Royal Palaces of Abomey
Inscribed: 1985
2.72
42
2
The Dahomey Kings Captured People Both To Sell On As To The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade And To Keep As Their Own Slaves
Medina of Tunis
Inscribed: 1979
3.06
228
3
The "Souk El Berka" Was The Site Of The Tunis Slave Market Which Sold The (White) Christian Victims Of Barbary Coast Piracy. This Didn't Cease Until The Mid 19th Century. It Is Estimated That From The 16th Century Over 1 Million Europeans, Mainly From The Mediterranean, But Also From As Far North As Ireland And Iceland Were Captured By The Barbary Pirates And Sold Into Slavery In N Africa/Ottoman Empire
Lamu Old Town
Inscribed: 2001
3.03
39
5
In The Omani Period, "Slaves Were Used To Maintain Plantations... Until The End Of The 19th Century The Population Contained A Large Number Of Slaves Providing Cheap Labour And Living Both In The Hinterland And In Households". (Ab Ev)
Forts and Castles Gold Coast
Inscribed: 1979
2.87
69
8
The Forts Were Used As Depots In The Slave Trade
First Coffee Plantations
Inscribed: 2000
2.45
53
4
The Coffee Plantations Were Owned By French, Who Had Fled From Haiti Accompanied By Many Of Their African Slaves
Gyeongju
Gyeongju
Republic of Korea
Inscribed: 2000
3.29
177
14
"Records From The Kingdom Of Silla, Show Some Cases Of Large Slaveholding And Even The Custom Of Burying Slaves Alive For The King's Funeral." - The Historical Encyclopedia Of World Slavery, Volume 1; Volume 7 By Junius P. Rodriguez
Lake Malawi
Inscribed: 1984
3.13
51
4
"Cape Maclear Area Was One Focal Point In The Ivory And Slave Trade Era"
Sub-Antarctic Islands
Inscribed: 1998
4.06
10
0
The Auckland Islands Were Briefly Settled By Maoris From Chatham Island. They Brought With Them Moriori Slaves. The Moriori Had Been The Indigenous People Of The Chathams Who Were Enslaved By Maoris. "Sheep Farming Became Popular And Profitable And Some Maori Diversified Into That. In 1842 One Chief Took Nearly 30 Slaves With Him And His People And Went To The Auckland Islands To Live. The Conditions Were Too Harsh And The Settlement Was Abandoned In 1854."
Mammoth Cave
Mammoth Cave
United States of America
Inscribed: 1981
3.25
165
5
"Public Tours By Negro Slaves Started In 1816." Nomination File
Willemstad
Willemstad
Netherlands
Inscribed: 1997
3.02
104
4
Willemstad Curacao Was One Of The Largest Slave Depots In The Caribbean, Though, As It Lacked A Large Scale Plantation Economy, The Majority Of Slaves Were Transhipped Via Camps Outside Willemstad. A Private Anthropological Museum With Significant Emphasis On The Slave Origins Of Curacaoan Culture Has Been Set Up In The Ijzerstraat Area At "Kura Hulanda" Which Is Said To Be "Situated On The Site Of A Former Slave Yard And Merchant's Home".
See Uddari.Wordpress.Com
Goias
Goias
Brazil
Inscribed: 2001
2.43
36
5
The Church Of Rosario, Which Was Traditionally Reserved For Slaves (Ab Ev)
Evora
Evora
Portugal
Inscribed: 1986
3.07
291
12
Évora Also Held A Large Part Of The Slave Population Of Portugal. Nicolas Clenard, A Flemish Tutor At The Portuguese Court, Exclaimed In 1535 That "In Evora, It Was As If I Had Been Carried Off To A City In Hell:Everywhere I Only Meet Blacks." A Testament From 1562 Shows That D. Maria De Vilhena, A Portuguese Woman In Évora, Owned Many Slaves, Including Indian (Native American), Mourisco, Black, White, Mulato, Chinese And Other Slaves. Maria's Husband Before She Was Widowed Was Simao Da Silveira Who Was Involved In Trading Slaves. Her Chinese Slave Was Used To Take Care Of Her Mules. (Wiki)
Bridgetown
Bridgetown
Barbados
Inscribed: 2011
2.32
124
7
The Fortified Port Town Was Able To Establish Its Importance In The British Atlantic Trade And Became An Entrepôt For Goods, Especially Sugar, And Enslaved Persons Destined For Barbados And The Rest Of The Americas (Unesco Website)
Portobelo-San Lorenzo
Inscribed: 1980
2.66
84
6
Slaves Were Traded Here And Were Used In The Construction Of Portobelo. There Used To Be A Slave Pen Where Now The Cemetery Is
See Www.Angelfire.Com
Antigua Naval Dockyard
Antigua Naval Dockyard
Antigua and Barbuda
Inscribed: 2016
2.66
79
4
"The Construction Of The Dockyard By The British Navy Would Not Have Been Possible Without The Labour Of Generations Of Enslaved Africans Since The End Of The 18th Century"
Mbanza Kongo
Inscribed: 2017
3.48
2
0
However, Relations Between The Kingdom And The Portuguese Went Sour As A Result Of The Slave Trade. Several Texts Were Enacted By Sovereigns From The Early 16th Century Onwards To Prevent The Rise Of The Slave Trade, Which Was Robbing The Territory Of Its Vital Forces, And Condemning It To Decline. It Has Been Estimated That Between 1600 And 1852, 3 Million Slaves Were Transported To Brazil Alone From The Coasts Of Kongo-Angola That Is An Average Of 12,000 Slaves Per Year. It Is Not Even Known Whether Slaves Were Brought To Mbanza Kongo Or Whether They Were Collected Elsewhere In The Kingdom. (Ab Ev)
Valongo Wharf
Inscribed: 2017
1.15
74
5
Strong Symbolic Reminder Of The Arrival Of African Enslaved Labour On The South American Continent. Following Historical Records, More Than 900,000 Enslaved Persons Arrived At This Destination In The Final Decades Of The Transatlantic Slave Trade. (Ab Ev)
Robben Island
Robben Island
South Africa
Inscribed: 1999
2.63
149
9
The Colonists Began A Vigorous Policy Of Enslavement Of The Indigenous Peoples And Brought Them There From Other Parts Of Africa (Ab Ev)
Paraty and Ilha Grande
Inscribed: 2019
3.21
93
5
Igreja Do Nossa Senhora Do Rosario E Sao Benedito - The Church Was Built And Used By Paraty’S African Slaves.
Kasbah of Algiers
Inscribed: 1992
2.52
63
4
Slavery Was Practiced, Especially For Domestic Work. There Was Also A Significant Presence Of European Captives. These Captives (...) Experienced A Miserable Life When They Were Employed In The Galleys. (French Wiki) After Charles V'S Defeat At The Algiers Expedition (1541), So Many Of Charles' Troops Were Taken Captive That There Was A Glut Of Slaves On The Market In Algiers, So That 1541 Was Said To Be The Year When Christians Were Sold For The Price Of An Onion Per Head. (Wiki)
The Slate Landscape of Northwest Wales
Inscribed: 2021
2.81
119
6
Penryn Castle Was Built Originally By The 1st Baron Penryn Using Profits Both From The Slate Mines And From His Jamaican Sugar Plantations.
El Tajin
El Tajin
Mexico
Inscribed: 1992
3.59
72
5
"Slaves For Service And Sacrifice Were ... Sold" At The Market At The Arroyo Plaza (Wiki)
Delos
Delos
Greece
Inscribed: 1990
3.37
121
4
"Roman Traders Came To Purchase Tens Of Thousands Of Slaves Captured By The Cilician Pirates Or Captured In The Wars Following The Disintegration Of The Seleucid Empire. It Became The Center Of The Slave Trade, With The Largest Slave Market In The Larger Region Being Maintained Here." (Wiki)
São Luis
Inscribed: 1997
2.72
40
5
17c Town Economy Based On The Introduction Of The "Trade In Black Slaves" (Ab Ev)
Old Town of Galle
Inscribed: 1988
3.00
226
6
Within The Walls Of Galle Fort Are Buildings Titled "Old Slave Quarters". The Voc Captured Galle From Portugal In 1640 And Extended/Improved The Portuguese Fortifications. Some Reports Link The "Slave Quarters" To This (Mainly Late 17th C) Construction Activity But Slavery Was An Integral Aspect Of Dutch Rule In Ceylon, Even Pre-Dated Their (And Portuguese) Arrival And Continued Through The Early Years Of British Control. As Such It Involved Native Peoples As Well As Those From India, Java And Africa. A "Kaffir" Ethnic Group Exists To The Present Day In Sri Lanka (Though Not In Galle) And The Exact Use(S) Of The Galle Fort "Slave Quarters" Within The Complex History Of Slavery In Sri Lanka Isn't Clear.
See Www.Trulysrilanka.Com
Medina of Essaouira
Inscribed: 2001
3.13
240
6
"It Was Called "The Port Of Timbuktu," Since It Was The Destination Of Caravans Bringing A Variety Of Products (Including Slaves) From Black Africa." (Ab Ev)
Jodensavanne
Inscribed: 2023
1.65
14
2
"Archival Information Indicates That The Use Of The Cemetery By Free And Enslaved Persons Who Lived And Worked At Jodensavanne Began Before 1794" (Ab Ev)
Island of Saint-Louis
Inscribed: 2000
2.07
55
2
"Gradually The Settlement Of Saint-Louis Developed Its Commercial Activities, Trading Rubber, Leather, Gold, Ivory, And Cereals As Well As Dealing In Slaves" (Ab Ev)
Fort Jesus
Inscribed: 2011
2.52
62
2
Mombasa Played An Important Part In The Indian Ocean Slave Trade, And The Strategic Fort Jesus Was Involved. It Is Also Believed That Enslaved Persons Were Kept At The Fort, Both By The Omani And The British.