General News of Tuesday, 3 March 2026Source: www.ghanaweb.comFort Prinzenstein in Keta remains a hauntingly beautiful yet rapidly vanishing evidence of the trans-Atlantic slave trade. It was one of four major forts constructed by the Danes along what was then the Danish Gold Coast. For decades, Fort Prinzenstein served as a key holding site where enslaved Africans were kept before being shipped across the Atlantic to plantations in the Caribbean and Americas. In 1850, Denmark sold its possessions on the Gold Coast, including Fort Prinzenstein, to Britain, marking the transition of the site into British colonial territory. The fort now draws visitors from around the world, including people of African descent seeking to connect with their history.
