Mar 17, 2021 ... ... to be involved in the slave trade on the Gold Coast. Cannons in Cape Coast Castle, Ghana The black cannons lining the edge of Cape Coast ...
The remains of fortified trading-posts, erected between 1482 and 1786, can still be seen along the coast of Ghana between Keta and Beyin.
Oct 20, 2023 ... They arrived on the “Gold Coast” (precisely in the town of Elmina in today's Republic of Ghana). The name Gold Coast had long been used by the ...
He chose to travel to the Gold Coast by ship, then a twelve-day voyage, re ... It is by far the most impressive castle or fort on the Atlantic shore of the Gold ...
Apr 24, 2018 ... The castle and fort is one of dozens of slave castles in Ghana, built in 1653 by the Swedes for Ghana's prosperous timber and gold trade.
thousands—perhaps millions—more did not survive the journey to the castles, forts, and trading stations that supplied slave ships on the Atlantic coast ...
Print depicting 11 forts built by Europeans along the coast of West Africa to defend their trading interests from rivals and competitors.
Dec 3, 2019 ... University of Rochester students and faculty have been studying Elmina Castle on the coast of Ghana each of the last three summers as part of the Digital ...
Long regarded as disturbing remnants of the Atlantic slave trade, the European forts and castles of West Africa have attained iconic positions as ...
Jan 4, 2003 ... In Cape Coast Castle there are two turrets on opposite ends of the battlements that look out directly at the two other forts; this is because ...