Historical Archaeological Investigations At The Frederiksgave Plantation, Ghana: A Case Study Of Slavery And Plantation Life On A Nineteenth Century Danish Plantation On The Gold Coast

The global processes that were unleashed due to the maritime exploration and commercial expansion of Europe made an impact on indigenous cultures of the Atlantic world. Between the late fifteenth and the nineteenth century the Atlantic Slave Trade, which existed due to the European contact, and basically involved trade in Africa's human cargoes, affected traditional institutions and local life. On the Gold Coast, the Royal Danish Government established agricultural plantations in the foothills of the Akuapem Mountains and along the estuary of the Volta River. The plantations, which were established in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century, produced agricultural commodities for consumption and industrial processing.