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  • Goree is perhaps the most infamous slave trade market in Africa, and it's an inspiring balance to see his work, as a child who grew up on this island.

    BRASIL AS A GIRL Maggie Jochild 2007

  • So my parents and my baby sister left and it was just me and the quarters, dimes, nickels and pennies in the small house in the small Texas town called Goree.

    First Taste of Lonely Misti Rainwater-Lites 2011

  • A small village, called Goree, lies a short way southward of Mont Orgueil.

    The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 396, October 31, 1829 Various

  • It gave its name to the huge vanished Liverpool warehouse still commemorated by a stretch of road called Goree which runs parallel to The Strand.

    National Museums Liverpool Blog 2009

  • The music slips between acoustic outings and jazzy uptempo pieces such as "Meun Nako Def", with Carlou's voice likewise veering between harsh and silky soprano – his duo with Youssou N'Dour, his mentor, on "Goree" (name of the infamous slave port) is a sublime moment on an engaging album.

    Carlou D: Muzikr 2010

  • Franklin "Goree" Smith, Training Center owner and horse trainer, says the late R. Vernon Shirer, who was mayor of Elloree from 1959-1975 and again from 1993-2002, will be honored for his numerous contributions to the Trials.

    unknown title 2009

  • Franklin "Goree" Smith, Training Center owner and horse trainer, says the late R. Vernon Shirer, who was mayor of Elloree from 1959-1975 and again from 1993-2002, will be honored for his numerous contributions to the Trials.

    unknown title 2009

  • She's creating an application on Senegal's Goree Island, the UNESCO World Heritage site that used to serve as a slave port and is now a major tourist attraction.

    Google Expands Reach in West Africa to Tech-Savvy Youth 2011

  • Goree is breathtakingly beautiful, the people lively and vibrant, and the beach littered with carefree children.

    Alexis Adams: Roots Alexis Adams 2012

  • On Saturday, September 10, I visited the slave castle on Goree Island, which, from the 16th to the 19th century, was one of the most powerful slave trade ports in the world.

    Alexis Adams: Roots Alexis Adams 2012

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