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Cannons at Falderndelft

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  • Location: East Frisia, Lower Saxony, Germany

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    January 16, 2025

    Nordic walking

    These cannons were located in Gross-Friedrichsburg in what is now Ghana and secured the slave trade to the Caribbean in the 17th and 18th centuries. The Great .
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    Emden proudly displays its heirlooms. In the city, on the Doktor-Erich-Brüggemann-Ufer, the mouth of the Falderndelft flows into the water, two massive cannons: They once stood “to protect the fortress Groß-Friedrichsburg on the coast of West Africa”, thanks to the “von Emden from the operating Brandenburg fleet ”: Elector Friedrich Wilhelm had established his African company here in 1683. Purpose: To make slaves clear in Ghana, to sell them in the Caribbean. Emden's citizenship became a partner and the mayor was given a post on the board.
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    November 3, 2020

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    The 24 pounder cannons were stationed in the Großfriedrichsburg fortress on the coast of West Africa in 1683. The fortress belonged to the Kurbrandenburg fleet, which operated from Emden.
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    Location: East Frisia, Lower Saxony, Germany

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