Royal Danish Leaks, Gold Coast Arms Deal



ROYAL DANISH LEAKS

 

Gold Coast Arms Deal

 




 

 

 

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.

 

 

Copyright © Royal Tendai Archive.17 July 2017. Forlagsnummer 999958

 

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

Deal List of documents

 

1. {color:#000;}Count Reventlow to Viscount Palmerston, July 7, 1849

 

1. {color:#000;}Viscount Palmerston to Count Reventlow, December 21, 1849

 

1. {color:#000;}Count Reventlow to Viscount Palmerston, December 26, 1849

 

1. {color:#000;}Protocol of Conference held at the Foreign Office, December 31, 1849

 

1. {color:#000;}Lord Eddisbury to Count Reventlow, December 31,1849

 

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. {color:#000;}Count Reventlow to Viscount Palmerston, July 7, 1849

 

1. {color:#000;}Viscount Palmerston to Count Reventlow, December 21, 1849

 

1. {color:#000;}Count Reventlow to Viscount Palmerston, December 26, 1849

 

1. {color:#000;}Protocol of Conference held at the Foreign Office, December 31, 1849

 

1. {color:#000;}Lord Eddisbury to Count Reventlow, December 31,1849

 



 



 



 



 



 



 



 



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