The Assin Manso Slave River Site in Ghana's Central Region is a profoundly historical and emotional landmark. It served as the final resting and bathing point for enslaved Africans before they were marched to the coastal castles and shipped overseas during the transatlantic slave trade. The Last Bath: Enslaved captives from the hinterlands and northern regions were rested, sorted, and allowed to recuperate here. Before being marched the remaining distance to the coastal dungeons (such as Cape Coast and Elmina), they were forced to wash in the river.

‘Cabo Corso,’ meaning ‘short cape’, is the name the Portuguese settled on for the local settlement within which its trade lodge was built in 1555. Its corruption to ‘Cape Coast’ is now the accepted name of the capital of the Central Region of Ghana. The Swedes, led by Krusenstjerna, however, were the initiators of the permanent structure presently known as Cape Coast Castle. They built a fort in 1653 and named it Carlousburg, after King Charles X of Sweden.