Forts and Castles of Ghana

abandoned Accra Ahanta Akwamu Akwida Amoku Amsterdam Ankobra Anomabu Apam Asantehene Ashangmo Ashanti attack Axim bastions became Benya Beyin Brandenburg Brandenburg company British brought building Butri Caerlof cannon canoes Cape Coast Castle captains Carolusburg chief Christiansborg Christiansborg Castle Coenraadsburg colonial construction Crèvecoeur Danes Danish Director-General Dixcove Dutch lodge Dutch West India east Eguafo Egya eighteenth century Elmina Castle English established fact Fanti Fort Crèvecoeur forts and castles forts were built French Ghana Gold Coast gold-mines gold-trade Governor Gross Friedrichsburg Guinea Coast Guinea trade John Conny John Kabes Keta King known Komenda Kormantin Kumasi large number later merchants military Mori Netherlands nineteenth century Ningo plantations Pokesu Portugal Portuguese prison redoubt remained resthouse river Royal African Company ruin Ruyter Sekondi sent Senya Beraku Shama ships side slave trade soon St Jago Hill stone Swedish Takoradi Teshi tion tower town trade-posts treaty tuguese walls West India Company Whydah