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Cape Coast Castle (Swedish: Carolusborg) is one of about forty "slave castles", or large commercial forts, built on the Gold Coast of West Africa (now Ghana) by European traders. It was originally a Portuguese "feitoria" or trading post , established in 1555, which was named Cabo Corso .
These forts linked the trading routes established by the Portuguese and acted as important market places for the gold and slave trades. [ 1 ] Because of their testimony to precolonial and colonial Afro-European commerce, including the Atlantic slave trade , and their profound effect on the history of West Africa, a number of these ...
First established as a trade settlement, the castle later became one of the most important stops on the route of the Atlantic slave trade. The Dutch seized the fort from the Portuguese in 1637, after an unsuccessful attempt in 1596, and took over all of the Portuguese Gold Coast in 1642. The slave trade continued under the Dutch until 1814.
When the Portuguese, after first coming in contact with the Gold Coast, struck an agreement with the King of Elmina to build the São Jorge da Mina Castle in the 1470s, the settlement grew to become an important centre of commerce and trade in the region. [7] Nowadays, Elmina shows strong influences from Europe in its culture and people. [6]
The Assin Manso Ancestral Slave River also called Nnonkonsuo or Donkor Nsuo (singular) was one of the slave markets for gathering indigenes during the trans-Atlantic slave trade. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is located in the Central Region of Ghana , forty (40) kilometers along the Cape Coast-Kumasi highway.
“Growing up, I was told the story of two of my great-great-grand-uncles, Kwame Badu and Kofi Aboagye, who were captured and sold into slavery,” says Assenso, 68, the chief of Adidwan, a ...
The fort has been designated a World Heritage Site (along with several other castles and forts in Ghana) because of its historical importance and testimony to the Atlantic slave trade. [3] [4] It was built by Danish traders in 1784 for defensive purposes after the Sagbadre War against the Anlo Ewe and to keep the area safe from other colonial ...
In 1902, Osu Castle became the seat of government in Ghana but this has now moved to Golden Jubilee House. [1] Because of its testimony to European colonial influence in West Africa and the Atlantic slave trade, the castle was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1979 along with several other castles and forts in Ghana. [2]