Dutch Gold Coast

Dutch possessions on the Coast of Guinea
*Nederlandse Bezittingen ter Kuste van Guinea* (in Dutch)
Dutch possessions on the Coast of Guinea Nederlandse Bezittingen ter Kuste van Guinea (in Dutch)
1612–1872
	Flag Coat of arms
	The Dutch Gold Coast around 1675
Status	Dutch colony
Capital	Fort Nassau (1612–1637); Fort Elmina (1637–1872)
Common languages	Dutch
Religion	Dutch Reformed
Governor
• 1624–1638	Adriaan Jacobs
• 1656–1659	Jan Valckenburgh
• 1764–1767	Jan Pieter Theodoor Huydecoper
• 1816–1818	Herman Willem Daendels
• 1869–1871	Cornelis Nagtglas
History
• Established	1612
• Disestablished	6 April 1872
Preceded by	Succeeded by
	Portuguese Gold Coast
	Brandenburger Gold Coast
	Swedish Gold Coast
	Ashanti Empire
Gold Coast (British colony)
Today part of	Ghana

The Dutch Gold Coast or Dutch Guinea, officially Dutch possessions on the Coast of Guinea (Dutch: Nederlandse Bezittingen ter Kuste van Guinea) was a portion of contemporary Ghana that was gradually colonized by the Dutch, beginning in 1612. The Dutch began trading in the area around 1598, joining the Portuguese which had a trading post there since the late 1400s. Eventually, the Dutch Gold Coast became the most important Dutch colony in West Africa after Fort Elmina was captured from the Portuguese in 1637, but fell into disarray after the abolition of the slave trade in the early 19th century. On 6 April 1872, the Dutch Gold Coast was, in accordance with the Anglo-Dutch Treaties of 1870–71, ceded to the United Kingdom.^[1]

^ Adhin 1961, p. 6

[1] Adhin 1961, p. 6

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