DW: International African American Museum opens on historic site
The new International African American Museum (IAAM) was purposely built on pillars as a means of reconciling the trauma of the site’s deep ties to slavery.
The vast institution was constructed on the former Gadsden’s Wharf, a pier in Charleston Harbor in South Carolina where about 40% of all enslaved Africans set foot on American soil. It was one of the largest slave ports in the world.