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23 lip 2018 · Under the auspices of the Dutch West Indies Company, around 30,000 slaves a year passed through Elmina until 1814 when the Dutch slave trade was abolished. Ceded to the British in 1872, Elmina Castle was rarely in use until Ghana’s independence from the Britain in 1957.
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.
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.
27 lip 2018 · But their ancient walls were once home to one of the most tragic and brutal periods in the history of humanity – the transatlantic slave trade. The bigger of the two, Elmina Castle, is a white...
6 wrz 2022 · As my book argues, historical sites like Elmina Castle, whether in Ghana, Benin, or Senegal—or others still awaiting long-overdue restoration and documentation in other parts of the continent...
St George’s Castle, Elmina Ghana. The fortified trading posts along Ghana’s coast are full of wreaths left by visitors who come to honour the millions of African slaves, searching for...
