Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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 ...
The slave trade continued under the Dutch until 1814. In 1872, the Dutch Gold Coast, including the fort, became a possession of the United Kingdom. [2] The Gold Coast gained its independence as Ghana in 1957 from United Kingdom and now controls the castle. [3]
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]
Prince Tete, a local, leans against a fence of a mass grave at the Assin Praso heritage site, Ghana. (Photo: Siphiwe Sibeko/Reuters) ADIDWAN, Ghana — Nana Assenso stands at the grave of his ...
A map of the Gold Coast circa 1700. During the colonial period in Ghana, at the time known as the Gold Coast, roughly corresponding to the 15th through 19th centuries, European-style coastal forts and castles were built, mostly by the Portuguese, Dutch and British. [1]
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]
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 ...
For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us