Throughout the centuries stretching all the way from the fifth to 15th century the country of Senegal was dominated by many different empires. The Ghanaian, Almoravid, Malian, and Sungai make up the social structure and cultural diversity that is present today. From the 16th to 19th century Senegal was the most important African nation of the slave trade. Still today stands Goree Island a 900 meter long island that at one time was host to approximately 28 slave houses and was once the most strategic trading point for all the transatlantic slave trader. Men, women, and children from all over Africa were held here and trader before making the voyage to America. It is estimated that from this island a number totaling in the millions died while being transported across the Atlantic to North and South American slave trade post. It was not until 1848 when slavery was abolished in all French Colonies that the use of the Senegal and its island were
Throughout the centuries stretching all the way from the fifth to 15th century the country of Senegal was dominated by many different empires. The Ghanaian, Almoravid, Malian, and Sungai make up the social structure and cultural diversity that is present today. From the 16th to 19th century Senegal was the most important African nation of the slave trade. Still today stands Goree Island a 900 meter long island that at one time was host to approximately 28 slave houses and was once the most strategic trading point for all the transatlantic slave trader. Men, women, and children from all over Africa were held here and trader before making the voyage to America. It is estimated that from this island a number totaling in the millions died while being transported across the Atlantic to North and South American slave trade post. It was not until 1848 when slavery was abolished in all French Colonies that the use of the Senegal and its island were