Sources for the Mutual History of Ghana and the Netherlands: An Annotated Guide to the Dutch Archives Relating to Ghana and West Africa in the Nationaal Archief 1593-1960s

Contents
......Page 6
Tables, charts, maps, and figures......Page 10
Abbreviations......Page 14
Acknowledgements......Page 16
Preface by the director of the Nationaal Archief......Page 18
Background of the guide......Page 22
Outline of the guide......Page 28
Bibliographical notes......Page 35
Period before 1621......Page 38
Period 1621-1795......Page 53
Period 1796-1960s......Page 101
Period before 1621......Page 165
Period 1621-1795......Page 170
Period 1796-1960s......Page 190
Maps and drawings......Page 198
KITLV: Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies......Page 230
National Archives at Kew (Great Britain)......Page 235
The Furley Collection......Page 237
Charters, royal decrees, and treaties......Page 262
Dutch relations with the Gold Coast and Ghana after 1872......Page 267
Introduction......Page 272
The Portuguese......Page 273
The British......Page 274
The Swedes and the Danes......Page 276
The Brandenburgers......Page 277
Governors and Councils: Dutch government on the Coast of Guinea......Page 279
Council minutes, resolutions, and general correspondence......Page 288
Government journals......Page 291
Correspondence between St. George d'Elmina and the outer forts and others......Page 292
The Dutch administration and judicial system......Page 293
Introduction......Page 299
Ghanaian and West African polities and political organisation......Page 300
Ghanaian and West African social-economic history......Page 304
Ghanaian cultural history......Page 305
Economic activities: an overview......Page 308
Gold trade and gold mining and washing......Page 310
Slave-trade......Page 312
Other activities......Page 316
Recruitment of African soldiers for the Netherlands East Indies......Page 320
Personnel of the WIC and the Dutch government......Page 323
Euro-African and African people and the Dutch......Page 331
Births, marriages, and death......Page 334
Wills, estates, and probate......Page 337
Daily business and daily life......Page 339
Introduction......Page 343
Forts: building history and maintenance......Page 345
Forts: occupation and strength......Page 349
Fort, town, and countryside......Page 352
Maps and drawings......Page 355
Bibliography......Page 360
Name index......Page 384
Geographical index......Page 394
Keyword index......Page 400