Cape Coast Castle - Wikipedia
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 Ghana) by European traders. It …
Cape Coast Castle | History, Dungeons, & Facts | Britannica
Cape Coast Castle, fortified castle at Cape Coast, Ghana, that is one of the biggest and best-preserved of the slave castles along the coast of West Africa. It began in 1555 as a …
Cape Coast Castle - Visit Ghana
Cape Coast Castle is the largest of the buildings which contains the legacy of the trans-Atlantic slave trade and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Like most ancient fortifications in Ghana, …
Cape Coast Castle – Cape Coast, Ghana - Atlas Obscura
2016年6月29日 — Cape Coast Castle was a way station in history’s largest, and darkest, forced human migration. The history of the castle, which could also be termed a fort, is predictably...
Cape Coast Castle: History & Major Facts - World History Edu
2024年10月10日 — Cape Coast Castle, located on the shores of Cape Coast in modern-day Ghana, is one of the most significant historical monuments in West Africa. Its history is tied to …
Cape Coast Castle (1652- ) - Blackpast
2009年12月2日 — Cape Coast Castle is a European-built fortress situated on the central coastline of Ghana. Since its initial construction in 1652, the Castle served as a trading post for …
Cape Coast Castle, Cape Coast (1653) - Ghana Museums and …
The Cape Coast Castle has served as the West African headquarters of the president of the Committee of Merchants; the seat of the British governor; and a school. Open to the public, it …
Cape Coast Castle - Slavery and Remembrance
Cape Coast Castle is a trading post on the West African coast in the modern nation of Ghana. It stands only a few miles from another slave castle built by the Portuguese at Elmina in the late …
Ghana’s Monument to Sorrow and Survival | Smithsonian
2011年5月17日 — Cape Coast Castle, which is open for guided tours, is one of several Ghanaian colonial-era compounds in which captured Africans were held in dungeons during the slave …
Ghanas Slave Castles: The Shocking Story Of The Ghanaian Cape Coast
2017年1月24日 — One of the most famous castles in Ghana’s dark episode of slavery is the Cape Coast Castle. It began as a trade lodge constructed by the Portuguese in 1555 on a part of the …