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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 ...
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 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]
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 ...
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]
Fort Tantumquery is a military structure designed to facilitate the slave trade.The Royal African Company built it in the 1720s, [1] at Otuam in the Mfantsiman Municipal District, Central Region, Ghana, in what was known at the time as the Gold Coast.