British West African colony, first sub-Saharan colony to win independence (as Ghana).
The Gold Coast Colony became independent on 6 March 1957 as Ghana, the first sub-Saharan African colony to gain independence, under Prime Minister Kwame Nkrumah; it had been a British Crown Colony since 1874.
The atlas holds 2 border frames for Gold Coast (British colony) — the shape you scrub through changes in 1821 · 1926.
Covers the Gold Coast colonial period through to independence.
The partition of West Africa that produced the Gold Coast colony (broad context).