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  • 32 - Interpreting Gold Coast Supreme Court Records, SCT 5/4/19 Regina (Queen) vs. Quamina Eddoo

  • from Part Six - Legal Records
  • Edited by Alice Bellagamba, Sandra E. Greene, Cornell University, New York, Martin A. Klein, University of Toronto
  • Book:
    African Voices on Slavery and the Slave Trade
    Published online:
    05 April 2013
    Print publication:
    13 May 2013, pp 360-377

  • Summary

    This chapter describes a story about Kwadwo who was a trader from Wassa. Kwadwo was no ordinary peasant. He was a retainer of a prominent titleholder who employed him as a messenger. Kwadwo's story is crowded with the names of Europeans important in the history of the Gold Coast and West Africa. Kwadwo's case provides a rich set of materials to explore a range of issues: the circumstances faced by local government officials in their efforts to suppress the slave trade; the extent to which relations between different Europeans powers influenced their relations with one another in Africa; and the different ways Africans and African institutions interacted with Europeans and European institutions. Especially interesting is the way the language recorded in these materials illuminates notions about hierarchy and dependence. Kwadwo used his overall knowledge of European policies and practices to regain his freedom.