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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 .
Castle Kyalami, Gauteng (1990s) Castle of Good Hope, Cape Town (1666) Castle on the Cliff, Western Cape (1960s) [2] Fort Chavonnes, Western Cape (1714–1725) Craighross Castle, Noetzie, Western Cape; Coornhoop, Western Cape (1657) Fort Beaufort, Eastern Cape (1822–1837) Fort Daspoortrand, Gauteng(1896–1898) Fort Durnford, Estcourt, KwaZulu ...
Elmina Castle is a historical site, and was a major filming location for Werner Herzog's 1987 drama film Cobra Verde. The castle is recognized by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site, along with other castles and forts in Ghana, because of its testimony to the Atlantic slave trade. [4] [2] It is a major tourist attraction in Ghana.
Elmina Castle was built in 1482 in present-day Elmina, Ghana (formerly the Gold Coast). It was the first of many slave forts built by Europeans along the coast of West Africa. [1] João II decided to build the fort shortly after coming to the Portuguese throne.
Osu Castle (also known as Fort Christiansborg or the Castle) is a castle located in Osu, Ghana, on the coast of the Gulf of Guinea in Africa. A substantial fort was built by Denmark-Norway in the 1660s; thereafter, the fort changed ownership between Denmark-Norway, Portugal , the Akwamu , Britain , and finally post-Independence Ghana .
What is now the House of Slaves, depicted in this French 1839 print as the House of signare Anna Colas at Gorée, painted by d'Hastrel de Rivedoux. A wall in the Museum: a mural depicting slaves being herded in the African bush by Europeans, a photo of Joseph Ndiaye with Pope John Paul II, a certificate from a US travel agency, and an aphorism – one of many that cover the walls – by Ndiaye.
James Fort from the direction of the sea. Fort James (alternatively referred to as James Fort) is a fort located in Accra, Ghana.It was built by the Royal African Company of England (RAC) as a trading post for both gold and slaves in 1673, [1] where it joined the Dutch Fort Crêvecœur (1649), and the Danish Fort Christiansborg (1652) along the coast of the then Gold Coast.
A 1729 map showing the Slave Coast The Slave Coast is still marked on this c. 1914 map by John Bartholomew & Co. of Edinburgh. Major slave trading areas of western Africa, 15th–19th centuries. The Slave Coast is a historical region along the Atlantic coast of West Africa, encompassing parts of modern-day Togo, Benin, and Nigeria.