Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition/Accra

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​Accra or Acra, a town, or rather a collection of forts, in a territory of the same name, on the Gold Coast of Africa, about 75 miles east of Cape Coast Castle. Of the forts, Fort St James is a British settlement, Crèvecœur was established by the Dutch, and Christianborg by the Danes; but the two last have since been ceded to Britain—Christianborg in 1850, and Crèvecœur in 1871. Accra is considered to be one of the healthiest stations on the west coast of Africa, and has some trade in the productions of the interior,—ivory, gold dust, and palm-oil; while cotton goods, tobacco, rum, and beads are imported in exchange. It is the residence of a British civil commandant.

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