Water supply to Cape Coast Castle, 1874

The water supply to Cape Coast Castle, headquarters of the British in the Gold Coast. In 1873, after decades of an uneasy relationship between the British and the Acing people of central Ghana, the British attacked and virtually destroyed the Asanti capital of Kumasi, and officially declared Ghana a crown colony on 24 July 1874. They then moved their administrative capital from Cape Coast Castle to Accra

Accra Acing Administrative Asanti Attacked Decades Declared Ghana Kumasi Moved Officially Uneasy Virtually

Features In These Collections

> Contributors > ILN