| Reference number | MS/257/4/3 |
| Alternative reference number | Sa.1132 |
| Previous numbers | ES4/1/1132 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Extract of a letter from Edward Sabine, 'HMS Pheasant' in the Bight of Benin |
| Date | [8 May 1822] |
| Description | NOTE: This record contains content which may cause distress. Some of the language expressed here is considered offensive and derogatory, and its presence is not an endorsement of the terms. This language has been retained to reflect the historical context of the times.
Description of the Cape Coast Castle and refers to it as the ‘headquarters of the African Company’. [The Cape Coast Castle was a trading post built in modern day Ghana by European traders in the sixteenth century, often called a 'slave castle'. It held enslaved Africans before they were forcefully taken onto ships and sold in the Americas].
Refers to profits of the individuals of the Company, the ‘late war’, ‘other Dutch forts’ and the [Transatlantic] Slave Trade. Discusses a ‘native town’ being rebuilt close by that will become a ‘handsome African town’, remarks on the soil. Refers to former enslaved Africans. Refers on the ‘powerful African nation’, the Kingdom of [Ashanti], superstitions, force of the [Ashanti] army, and remarks on the King of the [Ashanti]. Discusses the [Fante], refers to trade, and the ‘force of the [Fante] warriors’. Refers to Sir Charles MacCarthy. |
| Extent | 4p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Physical description | Ink on paper |
| Access status | Open |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA8279 | Sabine; Sir; Edward (1788 - 1883) | 1788 - 1883 |