The History Behind Fort Prinzenstein in Keta,Volta Region
Fort Prinzenstein (Danish: Fort Prinsensten) is a fort located at Keta, Ghana which was used in the slave trade. Many such forts were built in Africa, but Prinzenstein is one of the few that lie east of the Volta River. Keta served as an open port until the Tema harbor commenced its operation to the west in 1962.The Fort has been nominated as a World Heritage Property. It was initially built by Danish traders in 1784 for defensive purposes in a war against the Anlo Ewe and to keep the area safe from other colonial powers.The majority of the materials especially the stone used for the building of the Fort came from Accra.The Fort is among the four major structures that were built by the Danish. The Fort significantly played an important part in the slave trade which involved Europeans in West Africa. Aside the slave trade, the Fort served an active purpose in the trade of imported and exported goods such as gold, ivory in a give-and-take for muskets, brandy, iron rods, textiles, cowries shells etc.
History
The Dutch West India Company had built Fort Singelenburgh at the site of the current fort in 1734, but the Dutch abandoned the fort in 1737, probably because of the Dutch siding with the defeated Akwamu in the Akyem-Akwamu conflict.[7] The Danish had developed a presence in Keta, the commercial capital of the Anlo people. However, in 1783 when the Anlo people pillaged the local Danish agent, the Governor of Christiansborg raised an army drawn from people with a tradition of antipathy towards the Anlo: the Ada, Akwapim, Ga and Krobo. The Danes were thus able to defeat the Anlo and impose a treaty in 1784 which allowed them to build Fort Prinzenstein and obliged the Anlo to trade only with them.
Up until 1803 the fort was used as a dungeon for slaves awaiting transportation to the Caribbean. In 1850 the fort, along with the rest of the Danish Gold Coast was sold to Britain.[8] This was when Kata became a British colony.[9] The fort was used as a prison for a period before it was partially destroyed by the sea in 1980.[4] In an effort to protect the remains of the fort, the ICOMOS Ghana in collaborated with the Ghana Museum and Monuments Board and the Danish Embassy in 1991 made some effort towards preserving it, however the impact of the sea on the fort continued .[3]The remains of the fort are now visited by tourists.[10] The fort is being visited by tourist from different part of the world such as the United Kingdom, United State of America, Germany, Benin, France, Ireland, Norway, Switzerland, Sweden, Denmark and Finland.
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Journey to Keta Part and Fort Prinzenstein Slave Castle
When I traveled to the Volta Region of Ghana in 2016, I journeyed to a town called Keta, with my friend and colleague. I first heard about the town from Maya Angelou’s autobiography All God’s Children Need Traveling Shoes. During her time in Ghana in 1963, she discovered that her family is from Keta. (Read the book to find out how! It’s fascinating.)
When we took our trip, 53 years after hers, we had no idea what we would find. Little did we know that we would find a site of human atrocity and torture – Fort Prinzenstein Slave Castle. When people visit Ghana, they almost always go to Elmina or Cape Coast Castle. Travelers very rarely make it to the Volta Region to Fort Prinzenstein. Come along on this journey with me then, if you have not had the chance to visit. This is part 1 of a two-part series – Journey to Keta & Fort Prinzenstein Slave Castle.
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Fort Prinzenstein is a fort located at Keta, Ghana which was used in the slave trade.Many such forts were built in Africa, but Prinzenstein is one of the few that lie east of the Volta River.It was initially built by Danish traders in 1784 for defensive purposes in a war against the Anlo Ewe and to keep the area safe from other colonial powers.
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FORT METAL CROSS, HISTORICAL SLAVE DUNGEON, WESTERN REGION, GHANA
The British colonial fortification, Fort Metal Cross (originally Dixcove Fort) is located on a promontory near the fishing village of Infuma, in Dixcove (Dick’s Cove) in the Western Region of Ghana. The cove’s quiet waters are suitable for small boats and canoes; large ships anchor approximately 2 kilometres offshore.
For the British, the motive for commencing construction of Dixcove Fort in 1692 was identical to that of the Dutch in building Fort Batentstein - to tap into the promise of gold in the hinterland; and also to win back the many English captains trading at the Brandenburgers’ (Germans’) Fort Gross Friedrichsburg in nearby Princestown. However, the people of Infuma, loyal to two chiefs whose allegiances swayed between the British and Dutch, besieged the fort several times, on behalf of the Dutch, stalling its completion. By 1750, the fort was equipped to carry up to 25 canons.
The promise of gold never materialised, as the gold that was mined was largely impure gold. Hence, the fort earned the title of ‘the fake mint of the Gold Coast’ by author Bosman. Like Fort Batentstein, Fort Metal Cross became a service-station for the repair of ships and the supply of timber from the surrounding forest; and during the slave trade, it became a slave prison.
The 1867 fort exchange agreement between the British and Dutch resulted in Dutch ownership of the fort in 1868. The Dutch had to call for military reinforcement to restore calm in their new areas of control, as the local populace was infuriated by the swap, especially since they had not been consulted. The name of the fort was altered to ‘Metalen Kruis’ (Metal Cross), after one of the Dutch gun-boats which brought the reinforcement.
However, the immense cost of control persuaded the Dutch to sell their forts to the British. Hence, in 1872 the fort reverted to the British, who renamed it Fort Metal Cross.
Forts and Castles, Volta, Greater Accra, Central and ... (UNESCO/NHK)
The remains of fortified trading-posts, erected between 1482 and 1786, can still be seen along the coast of Ghana between Keta and Beyin. They were links in the trade routes established by the Portuguese in many areas of the world during their era of great maritime exploration.
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