On his last day in Senegal Tim was able to visit Gorée, a small island that is part of the city of Dakar. It is currently being used as a tourist destination to dramatize the horrors of the slave trade throughout the Atlantic world back in the 1700's, although probably no more than a few hundred slaves a year departed from here for transportation to the Americas. They were more often incidental passengers on ships carrying other cargoes rather than being transported on slave ships. 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. Here are a few pictures taken on the beautiful island.
Outdoor furniture store
Tim's friend, Jim works at Dakar Academy, and was his tour guide to Goree Island.
Yum? Tim said it was!
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