- The Swedes, led by Krusenstjerna, however, were the initiators of the permanent structure presently known as Cape Coast Castle.
- I was sweltering in one of the three dungeons of Cape Coast Castle, squinting in the dark to see the desperate scratch marks left by slaves two hundred years ago.
- ...expanded and strengthened the fort to be comparable in size and strength with the nearby Dutch Elmina Castle and renamed it Cape Coast Castle.
- 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...
- Though the remains of other slave castles exist along the former Gold Coast, Cape Coast Castle is one of the most well restored and well known.
- Cape Coast Castle processed thousands of slaves therefore in the museum you can view original items used during this period.
- Cape Coast Castle is the largest of the buildings which contain the legacy of the trans-Atlantic slave trade and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
- In 1664, the English captured the castle in a quick battle led by Captain Robert Holmes, renaming it Cape Coast Castle. The British controlled the castle until 1957.
- They did most of the physical work at the Castle and forts and most of them lived off-premises, in the case of the Castle, in the village of Cape Coast.
- One of the their slave trading forts was Cape Coast castle. ... A visit to Cape Coast Castle includes a very good guided tour, with much of the history explained.