The 1693 Capture of the Princesa: A Portuguese Slave Ship's Last Voyage

Cape Coast Castle: The Door of No Return

Lucas and Luna explore Cape Coast Castle, the brutal epicenter of the Atlantic slave trade on Ghana's Gold Coast. They trace its origins as a Swedish trading post in 1653, its capture by the English, and its expansion into a fortress that held up to 1,500 enslaved Africans in its dungeons. The episode details the castle's layout—the male dungeon, the female dungeon, and the infamous 'Door of No Return'—and contrasts the cramped, filthy conditions below with the airy governor's quarters above. The conversation also covers the role of local Akan states like Fetu and the Asante Empire in supplying captives, the logistics of the 'Middle Passage' from Cape Coast, and the ongoing legacy, including UNESCO World Heritage status and modern pilgrimage. This episode builds on prior discussions of the Royal African Company and the Gold Coast by zooming into one of its most iconic and haunting sites. #CapeCoastCastle #DoorOfNoReturn #GoldCoast #AtlanticSlaveTrade #Ghana #RoyalAfricanCompany #MiddlePassage #Akan #AsanteEmpire #Fetu #UNESCO #WorldHeritage #SlaveDungeon #TransatlanticSlaveTrade #History #FexingoHistory #AfricanHistory #ColonialHistory Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo [https://buymeacoffee.com/fexingo]

The 1733 Slave Revolt: Akwamu Rebels on St. John

In 1733, enslaved Akwamu warriors from the Gold Coast seized control of the Danish island of St. John for six months. This episode follows the revolt from its planning to its brutal suppression, exploring how the rebels used their military experience from West Africa to fight Danish planters and how the Danish governor finally crushed the uprising with help from French Martinique. We discuss the role of the Amina and Akwamu peoples, Fort Christiansborg, and the lasting impact on Danish colonial policy. The revolt was one of the earliest and most organized in the Americas, yet it remains little known. #1733SlaveRevolt #Akwamu #StJohn #DanishWestIndies #GoldCoast #FortChristiansborg #SlaveRebellion #Amina #CaribbeanHistory #DanishColonialism #1730s #WestAfrica #StCroix #PeterVonScholten #FexingoHistory #History #AtlanticSlaveTrade #Resistance Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo [https://buymeacoffee.com/fexingo]

The Danish Slave Trade: A Small Empire's Big Role

When we think of the Atlantic slave trade, we think of Britain, France, Portugal, Spain. But what about Denmark? For over a century, the Danish West India Company ran a brutal triangular trade from Copenhagen to the Gold Coast to the Caribbean sugar islands of St. Thomas, St. John, and St. Croix. This episode explores Denmark's surprisingly significant role in the slave trade—how a small Scandinavian kingdom became a major slave-trading power, building forts like Christiansborg on the Gold Coast, transporting tens of thousands of enslaved Africans across the Middle Passage, and running a plantation economy that rivaled its larger neighbors. We follow the story of the Danish fort at Christiansborg, the rise of sugar on St. Croix, and the eventual abolition of the Danish slave trade in 1803—a full four years before Britain. Along the way, we meet key figures like Governor Peter von Scholten, the enslaved rebel leaders of the 1733 St. John slave revolt, and the African kingdoms that supplied the trade. This is a chapter of Atlantic history that's often overlooked, but it reveals how deeply the slave trade penetrated even the smallest European empires. #DanishSlaveTrade #Christiansborg #GoldCoast #DanishWestIndies #StCroix #StThomas #StJohn #1733SlaveRevolt #PeterVonScholten #MiddlePassage #DanishWestIndiaCompany #Abolition1803 #AtlanticHistory #CaribbeanHistory #GhanaHistory #SugarPlantations #History #FexingoHistory Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo [https://buymeacoffee.com/fexingo]

The 1763 Tacky's War: Jamaica's Great Slave Revolt

In 1763, the island of Jamaica became the stage for one of the most determined slave rebellions in British colonial history. Tacky, an Akan-speaking overseer from the Gold Coast, led a coordinated uprising across the island's parishes, seizing weapons, burning plantations, and nearly capturing the entire colony. This episode unpacks the rebellion's Akan military strategies—including the use of abeng horns for communication and oaths sworn on fetish objects—the brutal reprisals that followed, the role of the Jamaican Maroons in suppressing the revolt, and how Tacky's War reshaped slave codes and colonial fears. We also examine the legacy of Tacky as a symbol of resistance in Jamaica and beyond, and the archival evidence that distinguishes fact from lore. #TackysWar #Jamaica1763 #Akan #SlaveRevolt #AtlanticHistory #Maroons #GoldCoast #Abeng #Coromantee #BritishEmpire #CaribbeanHistory #SlaveResistance #ColonialJamaica #History #FexingoHistory #18thCentury #AkanMilitary #Tacky Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo [https://buymeacoffee.com/fexingo]

The Atlantic Slave Trade: The 1794 Capture of the Vengeance and the French Slave Ship Rebellion

In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore a lesser-known but dramatic episode of the Atlantic slave trade: the 1794 capture of the French slave ship Vengeance by its own captives off the coast of West Africa. The Vengeance, owned by Nantes merchants, had taken on 400 enslaved Africans from the port of Ouidah when a coordinated rebellion broke out. The captives seized control, killed several crew members, and attempted to sail back to Africa, only to be recaptured by a British naval vessel. The story raises questions about the legal status of slave ships and the concept of 'just rebellion' in international law. Lucas also delves into the broader context of the French Revolution's impact on slavery, the rise of the Nantes slave trade, and the eventual abolitionist movements that followed. The episode features key figures like the French abolitionist Abbé Grégoire and the revolutionary National Convention's decree of 1794 that abolished slavery in French colonies, though it was later reversed by Napoleon. #Vengeance #FrenchSlaveShip #Ouidah #SlaveRebellion #1794 #Nantes #FrenchRevolution #AtlanticSlaveTrade #History #FexingoHistory #Abolition #AbbéGrégoire #NationalConvention #Bonaparte #HaitianRevolution #SlaveShipCapture #MiddlePassage #FrenchColonies Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo [https://buymeacoffee.com/fexingo]