1. Coffle, Castle, Deck, Dock

Nelson, Louis P.

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Description: Architecture and Empire in Jamaica

~The gleaming white fort rises dramatically from the promontory overlooking the coastal town of Dixcove, Ghana, much as it has for more than three centuries (fig. 1.1)....

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Louis P. Nelson

PublisherYale University Press

Related print edition pages: pp.10-35

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00257.002

Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-21441

Chapter subject tags:Architecture, British colonialArchitecture--Jamaica--18th centuryArchitecture--Caribbean Area--18th centuryTransatlantic slave tradeWest Indies--History--18th centurySlavery--Caribbean Area--HistoryRoyal African CompanyCape Coast Castle (Cape Coast, Ghana)Dixcove Fort (Dixcove, Ghana)Prisons--West AfricaMiddle passageSlave traders--Caribbean AreaHibbert House (Kingston, Jamaica)

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