Arthur Wharton
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Arthur Wharton was a British footballer. He is widely considered to be the first black professional footballer in the world. Though not the first black player outright – the amateurs Robert Walker, of
Arthur Wharton c 1896
Wharton (seated second from left on front row) while playing for Darlington F.C. (1887)
Arthur Wharton in later years
Gold Coast (British colony)
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The Colony of the Gold Coast was a British Crown colony on the Gulf of Guinea in West Africa from 1821 until its independence as Ghana in 1957. The term Gold Coast may also refer collectively to the f
Arthur Wharton
…1887), predate him – Wharton may have been the first black professional and the first to play in the Football League. Wharton was born in Jamestown, Gold Coast (now part of Accra, Ghana). His father Henry Wharton was a Grenadian missionary of Scottish and West African descent, while his mother, Annie Florence…
The Gold Coast in 1922
The First Anglo-Ashanti War
The Portuguese-built Elmina Castle was purchased by Britain in 1873. Also known as St. George Castle, it is now a World Heritage Site
Following the Fourth Anglo-Ashanti War in 1896, the British proclaimed a protectorate over the Ashanti Kingdom.