Fort Vernon
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Fort Vernon was a military structure designed to facilitate the Atlantic slave trade. The Royal African Company built the fort in 1742 near Prampram, a town in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. It was built out of cheap materials – rough stones and swish. The Danes destroyed the fort before 1783. The British rebuilt it in 1806, but it soon started to collapse and was abandoned in about 1816. It was re-occupied by the British in 1831 but was again abandoned in 1844. It subsequently became ruins. Because of its importance during the slave trade and its testimony to European economic and colonial influence in West Africa, the fort was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1979, along with several other forts and castles in Ghana.
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Location: 5.75, 0, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
8 places
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Assault on Osu ⓘ
1678 Attack on Osu between Akwamu and Accrans forces -
Battle of Dodowa ⓘ
1826 battle -
Fort bij Kpone ⓘ
fort used by the Dutch West India Company -
Fort Fredensborg ⓘ
building in Ghana -
Fort Vernon ⓘ
military structure in West Africa -
Fort Vernon ⓘ
material cultural heritage site in Ghana -
Fort Augustaborg ⓘ
former Danish fort in Ghana -
Fort Augustaborg ⓘ
material cultural heritage site in Ghana
Fort Vernon 5
Fort Vernon 7
Fort Vernon 12
Fort Vernon
Fort Vernon WLM5
Fort Vernon, Prampram Beach view 3
Fort Vernon3 Prampram
Fort Vernon, Prampram- Accra
Fort Vernon 9
Fort Vernon 4| Type | Subtype | Date | Description | Notes | Source |
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| event | armed conflict | 1678 | Assault on Osu | Denmark–Norway, battle, Ga-Adangbe people, Akwamu | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1826 | Battle of Dodowa | battle | Wikidata |
| site | fort | Fort bij Kpone | fort | Wikidata | |
| site | fort | Fort Fredensborg | fort | Wikidata | |
| site | fort | Fort Vernon | fort | Wikidata | |
| site | fort | 1742 | Fort Vernon | fort | Wikidata |
| site | fort | 1787 | Fort Augustaborg | fort | Wikidata |
| site | fort | 1787 | Fort Augustaborg | fort | Wikidata |
| commons | image | Fort Vernon 5 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Fort Vernon 7 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Fort Vernon 12 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Fort Vernon | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Fort Vernon WLM5 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Fort Vernon, Prampram Beach view 3 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Fort Vernon3 Prampram | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Fort Vernon, Prampram- Accra | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Fort Vernon 9 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Fort Vernon 4 | Commons | ||
