Fort Sekondi
Fort Sekondi, sanso be Fort George, na e be an English fort for de Gold Coast (now Ghana), dem build insyd 1682 for Sekondi (earlier Zakonde den Secondee), next to de Dutch Fort Orange, wich na dem build insyd 1642. Na dis first building be small, according to William Claridge: "[...] at Sekondi [...] Captain Henry Nurse, Agent give de English (Royal African) Company, sanso build a fort der a few years later. Na both dese buildings be of about de same size den only a gun-shot apart",[1] den, "Na de Dutch Fort Orange be a very small place, e merely be a square white house insyd a yard, wey dey mount eight anaa ten guns on a terrace on de roof. Na de first English fort be a very similar building [...]".Na dem destroy dis fort on 1 June 1698, during de Dutch-Komenda war, wey dem reduce am to blackened outer walls. Although na de Dutch deny, reports den letters dem send for de time indicate say na de Dutch instigate de attack wey na dem take sam plundered goods to Castle Orange next-door. Na dem make attempts make dem rebuild am insyd 1700, though na dem for abandon dese secof hostility from de indigenous population.
Na dem build a new second fort before 1726 as na e be drawn by William Smith (spy picture top right), an African Company surveyor, den a floor plan dem give. Insyd 1782 na de Dutch take de fort wey dem destroy am, according to Claridge: "Na de only success wey be scored by de Dutch during dis war be de capture of de English fort for Sekondi, wich na be completely destroyed."
Though na later transfers occur, na dem no rebuild de fort.[2] Na dem transfer am to de Dutch insyd 1868 as part of de Anglo-Dutch Gold Coast Treaty, a large trade of forts between Britain den de Netherlands, den for 10 April 1872 na dem transfer de fort back to de United Kingdom as part of de Anglo-Dutch Treaties of 1870–1871.
References
[edit | edit source]- ↑ William Walton Claridge; Hugh Charles Clifford, Sir (1915). A history of the Gold Coast and Ashanti from the earliest times to the commencement of the twentieth century (Volume 1). J Murray. p. 122. Retrieved 24 September 2012.
- ↑ William Walton Claridge; Hugh Charles Clifford, Sir (1915). "Appendix F". A history of the Gold Coast and Ashanti from the earliest times to the commencement of the twentieth century (Volume 2). J Murray. p. 601. Retrieved 24 September 2012.