Accra was home to Dutch, Portuguese, French, Danish, Swedish, and British forts from the 17th century.

Fort Christiansborg, constructed in 1661.

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Accra and the Gulf of Guinea was a crucial centre of the trans-Atlantic slave trade as well as becoming a centre of British inland trade. In 1850, Britain bought Danish possessions including Christiansborg Fort.