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- Title
THE EUROPEAN AND EURAFRICAN POPULATION OF THE DANISH FORTS ON THE EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY GOLD COAST.
- Authors
Weiss, Holger
- Abstract
This essay focuses on the demographic consequences of entanglement in the Danish possessions on the Gold Coast in West Africa. Two sets of data will be analyzed, one on the European composition of the Danish enclaves and discusses demographic trends and ruptures, the other on the Eurafrican population in the Danish enclaves. The first part of the study focusses on the survival of the European personnel in the Danish possessions on the Gold Coast. Similar to the experience of other European trading nations in West Africa, the Guinea Coast was a "White Man's Grave" for the Danish personnel as about half of the newly arrived staff members died within the first year on the coast. The second part deals with the employment and careers of the Eurafricans, i.e.
- Subjects
AFRICA; DANISH Settlements, Ghana, 1659-1850; DANISH colonies; EXCLAVES; EUROPEANS; COLONIZATION
- Publication
African Economic History, 2018, Vol 46, Issue 1, p36
- ISSN
0145-2258
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1353/aeh.2018.0001