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Harris on Tuesday stepped through the black doors of a colonial-era seaside fort and down into the dungeons, touring a site where millions of enslaved Africans were held captive before they were loaded onto ships bound for the Americas.
Vice President Kamala Harris on Tuesday toured Cape Coast Castle in Ghana where millions of enslaved Africans were held captive before they were loaded onto ships bound for the Americas.
"The horror of what happened here must always be remembered," she said from the fort as the sun set over the water. "It cannot be denied. It must be taught. History must be learned."
CAPE COAST, Ghana -- With her visit to a site where millions of enslaved Africans were held captive before they were loaded onto ships bound for the Americas, Vice President Kamala Harris was insisting on remembering past wounds and envisioning a grand future between the U.S. and Africa propelled by innovation on the continent.
The country's first Black and South Asian vice president said we must "invest in the African ingenuity."