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Brandenburger Gold Coast

Brandenburger Gold Coast Settlements
1682–1721
Flag of Brandenburger Gold Coast
Flag
Location of Groß-Friedrichsburg within Gold Coast, modern-day Ghana, marked by the black dot and flag.
Location of Groß-Friedrichsburg within Gold Coast, modern-day Ghana, marked by the black dot and flag.
Inside Groß-Friedrichsburg. View in February 1884.
Inside Groß-Friedrichsburg. View in February 1884.
StatusBrandenburger colony (1682–1701)
Prussian colony (1701–1721)
CapitalGroß Friedrichsburg
Common languagesGerman, Akan
Religion
Protestantism, Roman Catholicism, Akan religion
Elector of Brandenburg, later King of Prussia 
• 1640–1688 (Founded colony in 1682)
Frederick William
• 1688–1713
Frederick I
• 1713–1740 (Sold colony to Dutch in 1721)
Frederick William I
History 
• Foundation of Brandenburg African Company
May 1682
• Renamed Prussian Gold Coast Settlements
15 January 1701
• Sold to Netherlands
1721
Succeeded by
Dutch Gold Coast
Today part ofGhana

The Brandenburger Gold Coast, later Prussian Gold Coast, was a colony of Brandenburg-Prussia, later the Kingdom of Prussia, on the Gold Coast. The Brandenburg colony existed from 1682 to 1701, after which it became a Prussian colony from 1701 to 1721. In 1721, King Frederick William I of Prussia sold it for 7,200 ducats and 12 slaves to the Dutch West India Company.


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