The Dutch Slave Coast (Dutch: Slavenkust) refers to the
trading posts of the Dutch West India Company on the Slave Coast, which lie in
contemporary Ghana, Benin, Togo and Nigeria. The primary purpose of the trading
post was to supply slaves for the plantation colonies in the Americas. Dutch
involvement on the Slave Coast started with the establishment of a trading post
in Offra in 1660. Later, trade shifted to Ouidah, where the English and French
also had a trading post. Political unrest caused the Dutch to abandon their
trading post at Ouidah in 1725, now moving to Jaquim, at which place they built
Fort Zeelandia. By 1760, the Dutch had abandoned their last trading post in the
region.
The Slave Coast was settled from the Dutch Gold Coast, on
which the Dutch were based in Elmina. During its existence, the Slave Coast
held a close relationship to that colony.
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| The Slave Coast around 1716. |
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