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Paul Erdmann Isert, Voyages en Guinée et dans les îles Caraïbes en Amérique (Paris: Maradan, 1793)
Danish Traders with Akwamu King, 1784

This scene depicts the elevation of a soldier to the rank of general in the presence of the king's Dutch allies. The people of the Gold Coast (Ghana) were the fifth largest known African populations in the United States.
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