Picture No | 10221778 |
Date | 1874 |
Description | Selling Indian corn on the streets of Cape Coast Castle, 187 |
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Natives selling Indian corn in the streets of Cape Coast Castle, headquarters of the British on the Gold Coast. This was sketched during the 2nd Ashantee War (1873-74). 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.
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Source | The Illustrated London News. 4 April 1874. page 320 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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