Mary Evans Summoning bearers to Cape Coast Castle, 1874 10221749

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Picture No	10221749
Date	1874
Description	Summoning bearers to Cape Coast Castle, 1874
Details	Natives from 'protected' tribes are summoned with a bell and shouts to act as bearers or carriers for the British in the 2nd Ashanti 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. After this they moved their administrative capital from Cape Coast Castle to Accra.
Source	The Illustrated London News. 17 January 1874. page 53
Credit	© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
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