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Dutch Abolition and Its Consequences on the Gold Coast
Netherlands-Ghana Relations 4 min read
The Netherlands banned the slave trade in 1814 and abolished slavery in its colonies in 1863. On the Gold Coast this for......
Fort Batenstein at Butri and the Lesser Dutch Forts
Netherlands-Ghana Relations 4 min read
Beyond Elmina the Dutch Gold Coast was a chain of small stations at Butri, Shama, Axim, Sekondi and Senya Beraku. Their......
Fort Crèvecoeur and the Dutch Presence at Accra
Netherlands-Ghana Relations 4 min read
Built in 1649 and later renamed Ussher Fort, the Dutch post at Accra stood between a Danish and an English fort on the s......
Fort Nassau at Mouri: The First Dutch Foothold
Netherlands-Ghana Relations 4 min read
Built in 1612 on a headland east of Cape Coast, Fort Nassau was the first permanent Dutch fortification in West Africa a......
The Elmina Note: A Disputed Document at the Heart of Empire
Netherlands-Ghana Relations 4 min read
A single piece of paper recorded a payment made by the Dutch at Elmina. To Kumasi it proved Asante ownership of the grou......
The Anglo-Dutch Treaties of 1870–71 and the Sale of Elmina
Netherlands-Ghana Relations 4 min read
The Netherlands ended two and a half centuries on the Gold Coast by handing its forts to Britain. The 1867 exchange, the......