Fort Goede Hoop

Fort de Goede Hoop or Fort Good Hope become a fortress on the Dutch Gold Coast, established in 1667 near Senya Beraku. The Dutch had already had a motel in Senya Beraku inside the 1660s, however that was abandoned when the British built their fortress at nearby Winneba. In 1704, the Dutch asked the Queen of Agona for permission to construct a fortress at Senya Beraku.

It became to serve the gold exchange with Akim, that's north of Agona. At first, the Dutch built a small triangular fortress that they referred to as Fort de Goede Hoop. The gold exchange changed into now not very rich, but in a while slaves have been bought at the citadel. By 1715, the castle had emerge as too small and the Dutch determined to double it in length with the aid of breaking away the diagonal and making it rectangular-fashioned. The castle became occupied between 1782 and 1785 by using Britain, as well as via the nearby Akim populace among 1811 and 1816. In 1868, the fort changed into ceded to the UK in a massive change of forts between the Netherlands and Britain.