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A: Elmina Castle was initially built as a trading post but eventually molded into a military fort and dungeon for african slaves. According to this excerpt it was described as a place where slaves were held for months on end with the probability that it was going to be the last place they were at their native land. It also mentions that the fort had guns facing out towards the ocean in case of attack by other Europeans, leading to the question what other European nations had interests in attacking this fort in order to establish their interests in Africa? It does mention that the slave trade already existed in Africa before the Europeans got there but it does not go into detail on if it was the Africans or the Europeans who first approached one another to first start the slave trade. Since this source has no eyewitnesses or direct quotes, one can assume that the source is well researched and accurate.
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