Europeans: Texts and Sources
The second section of "Ama" is set mainly in Elmina Castle. The reference and texts in these web pages fill in the historical and cultural background:
In the European: Texts and Sources section the following are links to pages concerning:
The slaves' experience
[ Journey to the Coast The journey and travels in Africa ]
[ Resistance Resistance to the slave trade on African soil ]
[ Learning English Language and literacy ]
The African hosts
[ Fanti The Fanti: history, culture, religion, economy ]
The Castles and those who lived in them
[ Elmina Elmina, Edina and the Dutch ]
[ Capitein Jacobus Capitein: Catholic chaplain at Elmina (mentioned in "Ama") ]
[ Cape Coast Cape Coast and the British ]
[ Quaque Philip Quaque: Anglican chaplain at Cape Coast (character in "Ama") ]
[ Brew Richard Brew: Irish slave-trader (character in "Ama") ]
What sort of society produced the slave traders?
[ Europe 18C Europe in the late 18th century: economy, culture, technology ]
[ Portuguese The Portuguese in West Africa ]
[ Diseases Tropical Diseases: White man's grave, diseases and their treatment ]
REFERENCES
Isert, P. E., Letters on West Africa and the Slave Trade: Paul Erdmann Isert's Journey to Guinea and the Caribbean Islands in Columbia (1788) translated and edited by Selena Axelrod Winsnes, 288 pp, 1992, published for the British Academy by Oxford University Press hardback, ISBN 0-19-726105-1