Fort Tantumquery is a military structure designed to facilitate the slave trade. The Royal African Company built it in the 1720s,[1]atOtuam in the Mfantsiman Municipal District, Central Region, Ghana, in what was known at the time as the Gold Coast.
In 1727 William Smith surveyed it after the RAC had appointed him to review their castles in Africa following disturbing reports that they were unprofitable. Smith described it as follows:
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Forts of the former European colonial powers on the Gold Coast
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| Brandenburg-Prussian forts |
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| British forts |
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| Danish forts |
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| Portuguese forts |
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| Swedish forts |
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