Sansanin Batenstein

Sansanin Batenstein wani katafaren gidan kasuwanci ne da Dutch suka kafa a bakin tekun Gold Coast a shekara ta 1656. Tana kusa da Butre (tsohon rubutun: Boutry). An ba da wannan katafaren katafaren ginin tare da daukacin yankin Gold Coast na Dutch zuwa Biritaniya a cikin shekara ta 1872. A wannan sansanin, an sanya hannu kan Yarjejeniyar Butre a ranar 27 ga watan Agusta shekara ta 1656 tsakanin Yaren mutanen Holland da Ahanta. Suna Batenstein a zahiri yana fassara zuwa "fa'idar riba," wanda masanin tarihi Albert van Dantzig yana gani a matsayin shaidar rainin hankali a ɓangaren daraktocin Kamfanin Yammacin Yammacin Indiya: ƙauyen a Komenda, wanda shine wurin mummunan Yaƙe -yaƙe Komenda tare da Turawan Burtaniya, an sanya masa suna Vredenburgh (a zahiri "yankin zaman lafiya"), sunan kasuwancin da ba shi da nasara a Senya Beraku mai suna Goede Hoop ("Fata mai Kyau"), da sansanin a Apam, wanda ya ɗauki shekaru biyar don ginawa saboda juriya na gida, mai suna Lijdzaamheid ("Hakuri"). Tarihi Kamfanin Dutch West India ne ya gina Sansanin Batenstein, ba saboda alƙawarin samun damar kasuwanci a yankin ba, amma don murkushe ƙoƙarin Kamfanin Afirka na Sweden don kafa wuraren kasuwanci a bakin tekun Gold Coast. Hendrik Carloff, wanda a baya ya yi aiki da Kamfanin Dutch West India Company, ya kafa masaukin kasuwanci a Butre a shekara ta 1650, wanda mutanen Encasser suka kai farmaki kan Dutch a shekara ta 1652. Don tabbatar da cewa mutanen Sweden ba za su dawo ba, Yaren mutanen Holland sun fara gina kagara a saman tudun da ke kallon Butre bay, wanda aka kammala shi a shekara ta 1656. A wannan lokacin, Yaren mutanen Holland sun rattaba hannu kan wata yarjejeniya tare da yawan mutanen yankin inda mutanen Upper Ahanta da Butre suka mika kansu ga ikon Kamfanin Dutch West India. Kirkirar wannan yarjejeniya ta bambanta sosai da Yarjejeniyar Axim da ta gabata, wacce ta jagoranci alaƙar da ke tsakanin Yaren mutanen Holland da mutanen da ke kusa da Sansanin Saint Anthony, wanda kuma ya danganta dangantakar dangane da wajibai da hukunce -hukuncen juna. A cikin karni na 18, an gina katako a Fort Batenstein, wanda ya samar da katanga da jiragen ruwa masu buƙatar gyara da katako. Sansanin Batenstein ba wani muhimmin birni bane har zuwa shekara ta 1837, lokacin Yaƙin Dutch -Ahanta ya sanya ya zama babban tushen ƙoƙarin sojojin Dutch a kan Tekun. Bayan yakin, Yaren mutanen Holland sun mai da Ahanta matsayinta na tsaro wanda kwamandan Sansanin Batenstein ya zama mataimakin gwamna, don haka yana ambaton tanade -tanaden Yarjejeniyar Butre na shekara ta 1656. A cikin shekarun da suka biyo baya, Dutch sun yi ƙoƙarin kafa ma'adinan zinare a kusa da Butre, wanda ya kasa samar da wani zinare, duk da haka. Bayan da Holanda suka sayar da kadarorinsu a bakin tekun zinare ga Burtaniya a cikin shekara ta 1872, mutanen Butre sun nuna rashin amincewa da canjin mallakar kuma a cikin shekara ta 1873 sun tafi kan tituna suna daga tutocin Dutch da harbin bindiga. A watan Oktoba na shekara ta 1873, turawan Ingila sun harbi Butre a cikin ramuwar gayya kan harin Dixcove, wanda ya kasance gidan kasuwanci na Burtaniya koyaushe. Gallery Bayanan kula Manazarta Doortmont, Michel R. (2013). "The Dutch Forts at Axim and Butre: Buildings, people, politics". In Doortmont, Michel R.; Valsecchi, Pierluigi; Anquandah, James R. (eds.). The Ankobra Gold Route: Studies in the Historical Relationship between Western Ghana and the Dutch. Accra: The Ankobra Gold Route Project. pp. 63–96. ISBN 978-90-367-6210-6. Van Dantzig, Albert (2013). "A Note on Fort Batenstein and Butre". In Doortmont, Michel R.; Valsecchi, Pierluigi; Anquandah, James R. (eds.). The Ankobra Gold Route: Studies in the Historical Relationship between Western Ghana and the Dutch. Accra: The Ankobra Gold Route Project. pp. 177–182. ISBN 978-90-367-6210-6.