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...
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the Cape Coast Castle, with the Gulf of Guinea situated to its south. It was also the first capital of Ghana. According to the 2021 census, Cape Coast had...
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Cape Coast Castle Museum is an ethnography and archeological museum located in Cape Coast, Ghana. It was established in 1974. List of museums in Ghana...
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historical sites in Ghana, Elmina and Cape Coast Castle, are a few kilometers away from its campus. The University of Cape Coast was established in October 1962...
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a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1979, including: Three castles: Cape Coast at Cape Coast St. George's d’Elmina at Elmina Christiansborg at Osu, Accra...
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circumstance: Effia marries James Collins, the British governor in charge of Cape Coast Castle, while her half-sister Esi is held captive in the dungeons below....
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Fort William Lighthouse (redirect from Cape Coast Castle Light)
of Cape Coast, in Ghana's Central Region. The lighthouse is often called Cape Coast Castle Light, although it is not part of the Cape Coast Castle complex...
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Captain-General of the Royal African Company and Governor of Cape Coast Castle on the Gold Coast. Phipps was one of at least five sons of the English merchant...
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Guzara Castle, Emfraz Fort James (1651) Fort Jillifree, Jufureh Cape Coast Castle, Cape Coast (1688–1782, April 1659 – May 1659) Elmina Castle, Elmina...
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all the Dutch forts except Cape Coast Castle and also took Cormantin. In 1667, the Treaty of Breda confirmed Cape Coast Castle to the English. Forts served...
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took up work as a writer at Cape Coast Castle, the primary British fortification on the Gold Coast. After leaving Cape Coast on bad terms, Ansah worked...
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capitulated the fort to the English, who named it Cape Coast Castle. The Danish presence at the Gold coast was saved by the English and would go on until...
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Cape Coast Metropolitan Assembly is one of the twenty-two districts in Central Region, Ghana. Originally created as a municipal district assembly in 1988...
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28 March 1828, Brigadier General Sir Charles MacCarthy arrived at Cape Coast Castle as the new governor with a mandate to shut down some of the more indefensible...
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the study he had made of the court of Kumasi, entitled Mission from Cape Coast Castle to Ashantee, &c. (London, 1819). He donated his Ashanti collection...
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reference to Iboga is that of Bowdich in chapter 13 of his "Mission from Cape Coast Castle to Ashantee..." of 1819 The Eroga, a favourite but violent medicine...
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arrived in Africa on 15 January 1782. She acquired captives first at Cape Coast Castle and then at Anomabu. She left Africa on 14 July, and arrived at Kingston...
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African-American model in a photo session on the coast of Ghana. The session takes place at Cape Coast Castle where she writes on the ground as the photographer...
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forts and castles, World Heritage Sites, nature reserves and national parks. Notable castles are Cape Coast Castle and the Elmina Castle. Castles mark where...
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English fort at Whydah, 22 Oct. 1754, quoted in letter of T. Melvil, Cape Coast Castle, 30 Nov. 1754". Public Records Office, London (PRO: T.70/1545). "Letter...
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the two returned to Cape Coast the following year. The Royal African Company employed Quaque as the chaplain at Cape Coast Castle. He set up a small school...
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known for many reasons, including for its UN World Heritage Site – Cape Coast Castle – and its senior high schools, and is also popular because of its...
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is dominated by services followed by mining and fishing. Cape Coast Castle and Elmina Castle are prominent UNESCO World Heritage Sites and serve as a...
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Cabo Corso (present-day Cape Coast) along the coast on the Gulf of Guinea in what later would become the British Gold Coast then Ghana. The eastern section...
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Haggett Hall, Barbados Slavery museum Elmina Castle on the Gulf of Guinea Cape Coast Castle, Cape Coast Kurá Hulanda Museum, in Otrobanda, Willemstad...
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Fort Apollonia, Fort Tantumquery, Fort Metal Cross, Fort Komenda and Cape Coast Castle, the last of which was the administrative centre. This coastal area...
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Swedish overseas colonies (section Cape Coast)
colonies in Africa were: Swedish Gold Coast (1650–1663; lost to Denmark and the Dutch) Including the Cape Coast (1649–1663) consisting of the following...
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Zong arrived at Cape Coast Castle, in what is now Ghana. Cape Coast Castle was maintained and staffed, along with other forts and castles, by the Royal...
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2009). "Cape Coast Castle (1652- )". Blackpast.org. Archived from the original on 11 December 2023. Retrieved 18 January 2024. "Cape Coast Castle History"...
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Company (RAC). He appears as early as 1728 in the account books of the Cape Coast Castle, where he was initially paid as an extraordinary messenger and translator...
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