Occurrence of Attributes in Original Text
The text related to the cultural heritage 'Island of Gorée' has mentioned 'Slave Trade' in the following places:
| Occurrence Sentence | Text Source |
|---|---|
| It is an 18.2-hectare (45-acre) island located 2 kilometres (1.1xc2xa0nmi; 1.2xc2xa0mi) at sea from the main harbour of Dakar (14xc2xb040xe2x80xb2N 17xc2xb024xe2x80xb2Wxefxbbxbf / xefxbbxbf14.667xc2xb0N 17.400xc2xb0Wxefxbbxbf / 14.667; -17.400), famous as a destination for people interested in the Atlantic slave trade although its actual role in the history of the slave trade is the subject of dispute. | WIKI |
| Other important centres for the slave trade from Senegal were further north, at Saint-Louis, Senegal, or to the south in the Gambia, at the mouths of major rivers for trade. | WIKI |
| Contents 1 History and slave trade 1.1 French colonial rule 2 Administration 3 Archaeology of Gorxc3xa9e Island 3.1 Gorxc3xa9e Archaeological Project 3.2 Background 3.3 Pre-European settlement 3.4 European settlement 3.4.1 Maison des Esclaves 3.4.2 Bambara Quartier 4 Disputing Gorxc3xa9e as a major trading post for slaves 5 Notable residents 6 In popular culture 7 Gallery 8 References 9 Further reading 10 External links | WIKI |
| History and slave trade[edit] | WIKI |
| It is now used as a tourist destination to show the horrors of the slave trade throughout the Atlantic world. | WIKI |
| After the decline of the slave trade from Senegal in the 1770s and 1780s, the town became an important port for the shipment of peanuts, peanut oil, gum arabic, ivory, and other products of the "legitimate" trade. | WIKI |
| In February 1794 during the French Revolution, France abolished slavery, and the slave trade from Senegal was said to have stopped. | WIKI |
| In March 1815, during his political comeback known as the Hundred Days, Napoleon definitively abolished the slave trade to build relations with Great Britain. | WIKI |
| It now serves mostly as a memorial to the slave trade. | WIKI |
| Although it is the home of the infamous xe2x80x9cDoor of No Returnxe2x80x9d, which is said to be the last place exported slaves touched African soil for the rest of their lives, there is little evidence at Maison des Esclaves to suggest a xe2x80x9clarge-scale trans-Atlantic slave tradexe2x80x9d economy. | WIKI |
| In the 1990s a debate ensued on the veracity of the Gorxc3xa9e slave trade as narrated by the conservator Boubacar Joseph Ndiaye. | WIKI |
| [20][21] According to historical accounts, no more than 500 slaves per year were traded there,[22] a trickle in comparison to the scale of the slave trade along the coasts of modern-day Benin, Guinee and Angola: in total 4xe2x80x935% (or around 500 000) of the slaves were shipped from Senegal to the Americas, whereas the remaining 11.5 million enslaved Africans came from the other (West) African shores. | WIKI |
| Recently, Hamady Bocoum et Bernard Toulier published an article xe2x80x9cThe Fabrication of Heritage: the case of Gorxc3xa9e (Senegal)xe2x80x9d (in French: xc2xabxc2xa0La fabrication du Patrimoinexc2xa0: lxe2x80x99exemple de Gorxc3xa9e (Sxc3xa9nxc3xa9gal)xc2xa0xc2xbb)[27] documenting the elevation of Gorxc3xa9e to an emotionally charged memorial of the transatlantic slave trade for touristic reasons. | WIKI |
| Although several English-written media sources have reported on the invented history of Gorxc3xa9e, notably John Murphy in the Seattle Times[29] and Max Fischer in the Washington Post,[30] some English news sources, such as the BBC,[31][32] still cling to the invented narrative of Gorxc3xa9e as a major center of the slave trade. | WIKI |
| Gorxc3xa9e Island has been featured in many songs, due to its history related to the slave trade. | WIKI |
| Indeed, for the universal conscience, this xe2x80x9cmemory islandxe2x80x9d is the symbol of the slave trade with its cortege of suffering, tears and death.The painful memories of the Atlantic slave trade are crystallized in this small island of 28 hectares lying 3.5 km off the coast from Dakar. | UNESCO |
| First terminus of the xe2x80x9chomeoducsxe2x80x9d who drained the slaves from the hinterland, Gorxc3xa9e was at the centre of the rivalry between European nations for control of the slave trade. | UNESCO |
| Criterion (vi): The Island of Goree is an exceptional testimony to one of the greatest tragedies in the history of human societies:xc2xa0 the slave trade. | UNESCO |