region's plentiful gold deposits but in fact they made their fortunes mainly with the slave trade elmina castle was where people were held captive before being boarded on to ships headed for america 400 years later the descendants of those slaves are returning to search for traces of their history and identity many come from the u.s. mostly as tourists but some come to stay like a via kolya and marcus taylor. 6 and with built their race within. $600.00 men and $400.00 women were confined here in cramped dungeons some would become forced labor as others would die visitors lay wreaths of remembrance here for many it's a profoundly moving experience. i'm a history buff. and i know my history very well but enough. about me knowing our status as a parent for the suspect. started. this language and even some of it for me to speak my. my mind my heart what i feel. marcus is from detroit and wants to settle in ghana. he and a v.m. met here and now live together in the capital across he's still waiting for his belongings to a right in the u.s. . they have a base of furniture and photos of relativ

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reporter: elmina castle. a place of terror for west africans.urning to where the trauma of slavery began is a way of marking a new beginning for many african americans. >> this is the door of no return. now, the door of return. reporter: coming here helps them connect with their heritage. marcus can't imagine ever going back to the u.u.s. marcus: nothing has changed. and for me, i just feel that, for us, we have to make our own change. we cannot allow, or basically expect somebody elsese to makea change when they have been the same way for years. the french have a saying -- things change, but things stay the same. so for me, i can't live in that existence. reporter: by crossing the ocean to come to africa, afia khalia and marcus taylor are making their own change. host: the largest coal-producing region in e u.s. stretches from pennsylvania in the north to alabama in the south. the heyday of the mining industry is long past, though. between 2008 and 2017, around half of all coal mines in the country shut down, and over a third of the jobs in the