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The Elmina Castle was the first fort built in Gold Coast.

Built by the Portuguese in January 1482, the Elmina Castle was established as a trade settlement which later became one of the most important stops on the route of the Atlantic slave trade.

The castle acted as a depot where enslaved Africans were brought in from different Kingdoms in West Africa by Slave-Catchers in exchange for goods such as textiles and horses.

The Fort was seized from the Portuguese by the Dutch in 1637 and in 1872 became a possession of Great Britain.