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Gold Coast Legislative Council

QUIST, EMMANUEL CHARLES
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Emmanuel Charles Quist (May 21, 1880 – February 28, 1959) was president of the Gold Coast Legislative Council from 1949-50, and Speaker of the Ghana...

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BANNERMAN, JAMES
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James Bannerman (1790-March 12, 1858), a prosperous Accra merchant prince and a capable administrator who as lieutenant-governor governed Britain’s Gold Coast settlements from 1850-51, was...

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BLANKSON, GEORGE KUNTU
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George Kuntu Blankson (1809-August 23, 1898) was an outstanding 19th-century Gold Coast merchant, as well as a soldier, a skilled negotiator, and the first African...

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BROWN, EMMANUEL JOSEPH PETER
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Emmanuel Joseph Peter Brown (1875-May 1929) was a lawyer, journalist, and nationalist, and an author of talent. He would have merited recognition as an outstanding...

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GRANT, FRANCIS CHAPMAN
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Francis Chapman Grant (1825-1908), a prominent figure in the Fante Confederation of 1868-73, and a member of the Gold Coast Legislative Council, was one of...

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