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Elmina Castle is a fortified castle in Elmina, Ghana, that is thought to be the oldest surviving European building in Africa south of the Sahara. Built in 1482 by the Portuguese to protect the gold trade, Elmina Castle later became a major center of the transatlantic slave trade.
First established as a trade settlement, the castle later became one of the most important stops on the route of the Atlantic slave trade. The Dutch seized the fort from the Portuguese in 1637, after an unsuccessful attempt in 1596, and took over all of the Portuguese Gold Coast in 1642.
26 maj 2024 · The slave trade at Elmina Castle finally ended in 1814 when the British abolished the practice, though they continued to use the fort as a military installation and even a prison into the 20th century, including incarcerating King Prempeh I of the Ashanti for four years in the 1890s.
Elmina Castle was crucial to the Atlantic Slave Trade as it served as one of the first European trading posts in West Africa. It facilitated not only the export of enslaved Africans but also the import of goods from Europe.
This chapter’s main concerns are the origins and organization of the slave trade, the role of European slavers in the operations associated with capture and enslavement, and the question of African collaboration. Also discussed is an issue often ignored, that of African resistance to slave trading.
12 wrz 2023 · The Elmina Castle. Elmina Castle stands as a haunting reminder of a dark chapter in human history. This impressive appearance, with its fortress-like architecture, witnessed the horrors...
Built in 1482 by Portuguese traders, Elmina Castle was the first European slave-trading post in all of sub-saharan Africa. Located on the western coast of present-day Ghana, it was originally ...
