2019年9月19日 · For around 150 years, Ghana was at the centre of the transatlantic slave trade. When the Europeans first arrived, they mainly traded in gold but by the 1500s trade in slaves became more popular. It is estimated that around 10 million slaves were transported from West Africa to the Americas and Caribbean.

2024年11月29日 · As early as the 1500s, the settlers’ interest turned to the slave trade in light of the growing demand for human labor in the New World (the Americas and the Caribbean). From holding gold, ivory and other wares, the castles gradually imprisoned slaves, who were reduced to yet another commodity.

In fact, for almost 150 years, Ghana, on Africa’s west coast, was the center of the British slave trade. Western traders arrived in ships loaded with manufactured goods to barter or trade for slaves. Those who were sold had often been captured in tribal warfare; some had simply been kidnapped to sell to European slave traders.

GNMOSAF, as an international institution, will provide archival preservation, documentation, interpretation and education about the Transatlantic Slave Trade and the struggles of African countries for emancipation from colonialism.

With the opening of European plantations in the New World during the 1500s, which suddenly expanded the demand for slaves in the Americas, trade in slaves soon overshadowed gold as the...

2023年10月23日 · This article reviews scholarly research into the capture, trade, and use of enslaved men, women, and children in Africa, with a focus on Ghana. It suggests that the history and legacies of slavery and slave trading cannot be understood without reference to African historiography, the politics of knowledge production, and present-day heritage ...

To further my understanding of race and ethnicity issues, I felt it imperative to acquire expanded knowledge of the slave trade in West Africa, particularly Ghana. Due to a short time frame for research, the final report is limited in scope. However, sites were visited from Gwollu in the north to the coastal forts and castles.

2022年8月31日 · In the mid-17 th century, the Trans-Atlantic slave trade began and it involved the buying, selling and transportation of human beings from the shores of Africa to plantations in Europe and...

2014年1月1日 · The Fante and the Transatlantic Slave Trade explores the fascinating history of the transatlantic slave trade on Ghana's coast between 1700 and 1807. Author Rebecca Shumway brings to life the survival experiences of southern Ghanaians as they became both victims of continuous violence and successful brokers of enslaved human beings.

2017年3月15日 · Although powerful traditional chiefs, such as the rulers of Asante, Fante, and Ahanta, were known to have engaged in the slave trade, individual African merchants such as John Kabes, John...