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Period: Jan 1, 1450 to
Ghana
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Jan 1, 1502
first slave ship leaves West Africa
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Jan 1, 1528
chocolate drink from the aztecs introduced to Europe, by Spanish explorers
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First british trading settlement setup on the Gold coast
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London's first drinking chocolate cafe opens.
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Britain starts campaign to stop the slave trade
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Slavery abolished in Europe
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The worlds first chocolate bars made in England by J.S Fry and sons
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Britain takes control of the south of the Gold Coast
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A Ghanian brings back cocoa plants from Fernado Po, an island of Africa
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The first cocoa exported to Britain.
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Railways built by the British
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A large harbour at Takoradi
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Campaign for independence starts
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Akosombo Dam completed, to provide Ghana with hydroelectricity
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economy almost collapses due to low cocoa price and other problems
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Ghana had to pay back loans of $1.5 billion to other countries
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Ghana earn's dollars from timber
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Crisis in Asia and Russia causes world chocolate sales to fall