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Princes Town (Ghana)

Also known as Pokesu

Princes Town, known locally as Pokesu, is a coastal village near Cape Three Points in western Ghana. In 1683 the Brandenburg African Company built the fort of Gross Friedrichsburg there, the headquarters of the Brandenburger Gold Coast, which traded in gold and enslaved people until the colony was sold to the Dutch in 1717.

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Brandenburger Gold Coast

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APA: The Epoch Institute. (2026). Princes Town (Ghana). In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/princes-town-ghana
MLA: “Princes Town (Ghana).” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/princes-town-ghana. Accessed .
Chicago: The Epoch Institute. “Princes Town (Ghana).” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/princes-town-ghana.
Harvard: The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘Princes Town (Ghana)’, The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/princes-town-ghana (Accessed: ).

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