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ROYAL DANISH LEAKS

Gold Coast Arms Deal

Royal Tendai Archive

The 19th century Historic Documents hereby published are a copies of the

originals in The Royal Tendai Archive.While every precaution has been taken

in the digitisation of the historic information, the archive and publisher

assumes no responsibility for errors or omissions, or for damages resulting

from the use of the information contained herein.

ISBN 87-999958-3-2 Royal Danish Leaks, Gold Coast Arms Deal

List of documents

1. Count Reventlow to Viscount Palmerston, July 7, 1849

2. Viscount Palmerston to Count Reventlow, December 21, 1849

3. Count Reventlow to Viscount Palmerston, December 26, 1849

4. Protocol of Conference held at the Foreign Ofﬁce, December 31, 1849

5. Lord Eddisbury to Count Reventlow, December 31,1849

KUU, Alm.del - 2016-17 - Bilag 197: Henvendelse af 18/7-17 fra Tendai Tagarira vedr. historiske dokumenter om slaveri mm.

INTRODUCTION.

Historic 19th century government documents reveal how the Danish crown

wrapped up its slave trade past by ceding to the British crown its slave trade

guns and military installations in the gold coast. King Frederik VII of Denmark

and Queen Victoria of England transacted a historic arms deal through their

respective crown proxies, Count Reventlow and Viscount Palmerston. The

condition of the deal was a sum of £10,000 *The economic power value of

that income or wealth today is about £32,880,000.00. The British Monarch

agreed to pay. In return, Denmark ceded to her Britannic Majesty all military

inventory (guns, ammunition), barracks, store houses, with ﬁxtures contained

in the military installations comprising of Fort Christianborg *now the seat of

the Ghanian government, Fort Augustaborg, Fort Fedensborg, Fort

Kongeensteen and Fort Prindsensteen. All these items and properties had

been used by Denmark in the trading of slaves. The historic documents also

acknowledge that the trafﬁc of slaves was still ongoing as late as 1849, long

after the Abolition of the Slave Trade Act of 1807.

List of documents *Chapters

1. Count Reventlow to Viscount Palmerston, July 7, 1849

2. Viscount Palmerston to Count Reventlow, December 21, 1849

3. Count Reventlow to Viscount Palmerston, December 26, 1849

4. Protocol of Conference held at the Foreign Ofﬁce, December 31, 1849

5. Lord Eddisbury to Count Reventlow, December 31,1849

KUU, Alm.del - 2016-17 - Bilag 197: Henvendelse af 18/7-17 fra Tendai Tagarira vedr. historiske dokumenter om slaveri mm.

KUU, Alm.del - 2016-17 - Bilag 197: Henvendelse af 18/7-17 fra Tendai Tagarira vedr. historiske dokumenter om slaveri mm.

KUU, Alm.del - 2016-17 - Bilag 197: Henvendelse af 18/7-17 fra Tendai Tagarira vedr. historiske dokumenter om slaveri mm.

KUU, Alm.del - 2016-17 - Bilag 197: Henvendelse af 18/7-17 fra Tendai Tagarira vedr. historiske dokumenter om slaveri mm.

KUU, Alm.del - 2016-17 - Bilag 197: Henvendelse af 18/7-17 fra Tendai Tagarira vedr. historiske dokumenter om slaveri mm.

KUU, Alm.del - 2016-17 - Bilag 197: Henvendelse af 18/7-17 fra Tendai Tagarira vedr. historiske dokumenter om slaveri mm.

KUU, Alm.del - 2016-17 - Bilag 197: Henvendelse af 18/7-17 fra Tendai Tagarira vedr. historiske dokumenter om slaveri mm.

KUU, Alm.del - 2016-17 - Bilag 197: Henvendelse af 18/7-17 fra Tendai Tagarira vedr. historiske dokumenter om slaveri mm.