Voice of America: Obama Makes Moving Visit to Site of African Slave Trade

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Voice of America Voice of America is an international news and broadcast organization serving Central and Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, Central Asia, Russia, the Middle East and Balkan countries

Obama Makes Moving Visit to Site of African Slave Trade Jun 27th 2013, 21:58 U.S. President Barack Obama says his visit to a departure point of African slaves to North America gives him more motivation to protect human rights. Obama stopped on Goree Island, off the coast of Senegal, Thursday.  Historians say thousands of African men and women in chains were held there. They passed through the so-called "Door of No Return" to board slave ships on their way across the Atlantic. Obama called his visit to the island a "very powerful moment" that ... Media files: 6CAA435A-FDE4-4F14-BB7B-583550EAB027_cx0_cy8_cw0_w800_r1.jpg (image/jpeg, 0 MB)

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