Anglo-Dutch Gold Coast Treaty of 1871

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The Anglo-Dutch Gold Coast Treaty of 1871 was an agreement between Britain and the Netherlands that transferred Dutch possessions on the Gold Coast to British control, consolidating British colonial rule in what is now Ghana.

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instanceOf bilateral treaty
colonial treaty
international agreement
alsoKnownAs Anglo-Dutch Gold Coast Treaty of 1871
surface form: Convention between Great Britain and the Netherlands for an Exchange of Territory on the Gold Coast of Africa
appliesToCurrentTerritory Ghana
appliesToTerritory Gold Coast
concerns cession of forts and trading posts
sovereignty over coastal territories in the Gold Coast
countrySignatory Netherlands
United Kingdom
dateSigned 1871-02-25
effect end of Dutch colonial presence on the Gold Coast
expansion of British sphere of influence in West Africa
transfer of Dutch Gold Coast forts to Britain
followedBy full British control over the Gold Coast
hasConsequence reorganization of local African polities’ relations with European powers
strengthening of British position before later expansion inland
historicalPeriod 19th century
implementedBy British colonial administration on the Gold Coast
Dutch colonial authorities on the Gold Coast
language Dutch
English
legalForm treaty
locationOfSigning Netherlands
The Hague
mainSubject transfer of Dutch possessions on the Gold Coast to British control
partOf history of the Scramble for Africa
precededBy earlier Anglo-Dutch agreements on the Gold Coast
purpose consolidation of British colonial rule on the Gold Coast
region West Africa
relatedTo Anglo-Dutch relations
British Gold Coast
Dutch Gold Coast
colonialism in Africa
history of Ghana
signatory Great Britain
Kingdom of the Netherlands
subjectOf studies on European colonial partition of West Africa
topic colonial territorial exchange
imperial boundary-making in West Africa
yearSigned 1871

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Dutch Gold Coast treaty Anglo-Dutch Gold Coast Treaty of 1871
Anglo-Dutch Gold Coast Treaty of 1871 alsoKnownAs Anglo-Dutch Gold Coast Treaty of 1871
this entity surface form: Convention between Great Britain and the Netherlands for an Exchange of Territory on the Gold Coast of Africa