People of
the Slaving Castles
"Slave Market onthe Kambia River"
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People of
the Slaving Castles
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| Within these slaving castles ere few Europeans. Jobs working with the slave trade were not glamorous and were hard ot fill because of the high risks involved. Working within the slave castles was a governor and his staff, a broker and his staff, an apothecary, a surgeon, a smith, a cooper, an overseer of provisions, a stonemason, a few priest, carpenters, and soldiers. Soldiers within the castles were seldom summoned for active duty and spent much of their time smoking, drinking, gaming, and indulging in every human passion with complete freedom. Some of the risks involved with the slave trade were attacks from native African tribes and death and illness from diseases. Within 2 years of arrival soldiers would either be dead from fever or dissipation. Outsiders observed that soldiers of these castles resembled a "band of drunken, starved, maltreated prisoners of war. This did not matter much to Europeans countries because usually soldiers were social outcasts such as criminals. |
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"Slave Market onthe Kambia River" |