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The monuments list is taken from the Ghana Museums and Monuments Board, according to their description "legal custodian of Ghana's material cultural heritage (movable and immovable heritage)" [1] GMMB classifies the monuments: The ID used on this page in reference to the Regions of Ghana are based on the ISO Regional ID standards.
The Gwollu Defence Wall is a historic wall in the Upper West Region of Ghana. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The wall is located near the Burkina Faso-Mali border . [ 3 ] It was built as a defense against slave traders .
Salaga Slave Market is an 18th-century slave market located in the East Gonja District of the Savannah Region of Ghana. [1] During the Trans-Atlantic slave trade, Salaga served as an important market where slaves were transported to the coast for export. [2] [3] [4] The market also served as outposts for the movement of slaves along the trans ...
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. [3] [4]
Fort Prinzenstein (Danish: Fort Prinsensten) is a fort located at Keta, Ghana, which was used in the slave trade. [1] Many such forts were built in Africa, but Prinzenstein is one of the few that lie east of the Volta River. [1] Keta served as an open port until the Tema Harbour commenced its operation to the west in 1962. [2]
Shumway, Rebecca (2011), The Fante and the Transatlantic Slave Trade. Rochester: University of Rochester Press. ISBN 9781580463911. St. Clair, William (2006), The Grand Slave Emporium: Cape Coast Castle and the British slave trade. London: Profile Books ISBN 1-86197-904-5. Van Dantzig, Albert (1999). Forts and Castles of Ghana. Accra: Sedco ...
Fort Amsterdam is a former slave fort in Abandze, Central region, Ghana.It was built by the English between 1638 and 1645 as Fort Cormantin or Fort Courmantyne, and was captured by admiral Michiel de Ruyter of the Dutch West India Company in 1665, [1] in retaliation for the capture of several Dutch forts by the English Admiral Holmes in 1664. [2]
The British later took control of the castle in 1664. Initially a trade hub for gold, wood and textiles, it later became a centre for the slave trade, with added dungeons to accommodate more captives. After the abolition of the slave trade in 1807, the castle was repurposed as an educational and administrative centre. [29] [30]