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Fort Patience
Fort Patience (Dutch: ''Fort Lijdzaamheid'' or, in 17th-century spelling, ''Fort Leydsaemheyt''), is a Dutch-built fort located in the township of Apam, in the Central Region of Ghana.
==History==
The fort was first built as a stone trading lodge in 1697 on the request of the King of Acron, with whom the Dutch had a treaty, and which was situated between the kingdoms of Fante and Agona, with whom the British had a treaty. The executives of the Dutch West India Company were quite wary to establish a fort in an area with minimal trade, and only consented on the condition that it would be built at minimal costs. The Acron were not happy with this, and frequently threatened the Dutch with expulsion if they would not extend the fortifications. As a result, it took the Dutch five years to complete the building, which is why they gave it the name ''Fort Patience''.
By 1721 the lodge had been converted into a defensive fortification, which sat on a craggy peninsula just out from the township to the south, offering a commanding view of Apam's harbour to the north, and the Gulf Of Guinea coast to the south, east, and west.
Early in 1782, Captain Thomas Shirley in the 50-gun ship ''Leander'' and the sloop-of-war ''Alligator'' sailed to the Dutch Gold Coast. Britain was at war with The Netherlands and Shirley captured the small Dutch forts at Mouri (Fort Nassau - 20 guns), Kormantin (Courmantyne or Fort Amsterdam - 32 guns), Apam (Fort Lijdzaamheid or Fort Patience - 22 guns), Senya Beraku (Fort Goede Hoop - 18 guns), and Accra (Fort Crêvecoeur - 32 guns).〔Crooks, John Joseph (1973), ''Records Relating to the Gold Coast Settlements from 1750 To 1874'' (London: Taylor & Francis), p. 62. ISBN 978-0-7146-1647-6〕
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