In the Gold Coast, prisons functioned as a mechanism to manage cash flow following the abolition of the Atlantic slave trade by holding human hostages as collateral for debt.

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• Person: Not available Organization: Duke University
  From slavery to prisons in the Gold Coast, c. 1807-1957

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• From slavery to prisons in the Gold Coast, c. 1807-1957 scholars.duke.edu Duke University via serper

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