After Kili, the four of us flew to Zanzibar where we visited the former slave market and Anglican church.
Zanzibar was once home to a massive slave trade. From here, most slaves were transported either to Madagascar to work on French sugar plantations or to Middle Eastern countries like Oman.
Slaves were kept in tiny rooms until it was time to take them to the market. Below was the men’s room where fifty men would stay until they were sold.
Next door is the Anglican Church. When the slave trade was finally abolished in the 1870s, the Anglican Church was built upon the site of the former market. The circle on the floor in front of the altar marks the location of the former slave whipping post.
This is where slave sales were recorded.
Construction was finished on the church in 1880, overseen by Bishop Edward Steere, who had advocated abolishing slavery.
The monument to the slaves who were forced to pass through Zanzibar.
