Ghana reconciliation pilgrimage a ‘homecoming,’ presiding bishop says (Episcopal Church in the United States of America)

(Source: Episcopal Church in the United States of America) From left, Pilgrim Constance Perry, a former Episcopal Relief & Development board member, and Massachusetts Bishop Suffragan Gayle Harris cross in front of the Presbyterian chapel in the courtyard of Elmina Castle. Photo: Lynette Wilson/Episcopal News Service [Episcopal News Service - Accra, Ghana]Most Episcopalians and Americans know the United States' history of slavery, and how Union and Confederate soldiers fought a bloody civil war opposing and defending it. But lesser known is the horrific story that preceded slaves' journey to the New World; a journey that carried them from Africa to plantations and cities in the Americas and...