EVENT INFORMATION

30
Augustus
1637

Portuguese garrison yields Elmina Castle to the WIC

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📅 30 Augustus 1637 📍 Ghana

The Portuguese garrison agreed to surrender Elmina Castle to the Dutch. The fort became a major center of Dutch trade and, later, the transatlantic slave trade. Its history must be read through African political authority and the people seized, sold, and transported through the Atlantic system.

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Personen in deze gebeurtenis

Jan van Brakel

Organisaties in dit Evenement

Dutch West India Company

Portuguese Crown