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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 .
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]
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 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]
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.
It originally was a centre for timber and gold trade, and then was later used in the Atlantic slave trade. [1] Other Ghanaian slave castles include Elmina Castle and Fort Christiansborg . They were used to harbour enslaved Africans before they were loaded onto ships and sold in the Americas, especially the Caribbean.
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 slave prison was made in the southwest bastion of the fort. In the second half of the 18th century, the fort was surrounded by an outer wall. [1] Because of its testimony to the Atlantic slave trade and European colonial exploitation, Fort Good Hope was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1979 along with several other castles in ...