17th-century English fort that served as slave trade outpost unearthed in Ghana

The Fort was most likely used as an outpost during the early years of the slave trade.

The slave trade began in 1663 when King Charles II gave a nod for the use of a charter to the Company of Royal Adventurers of England Trading. Around this period, Europeans began to shift their focus away from gold trading and onto humans.

It also served as a storage for the items needed to purchase slaves. Additionally, it was a temporary stop for hundreds of individuals who had been abducted from various regions of West Africa before being transferred to the Caribbean to work in sugar fields. They then had to endure the rough seas to get to the other end.A rusty gunflint , tobacco pipes, pottery fragments, and a goat jawbone were also excavated at the site.

"It was mind-blowing, seeing first-hand the remnants, the footprints of an actual building subsumed under a new fort.

The findings may provide crucial insights into the early slave trade, as well as those who were sold and traders.

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