RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 A Shared Legacy JF Ghana Studies JO Gha Stu FD University of Wisconsin Press SP 41 OP 62 DO 10.3368/gs.21.1.41 VO 21 IS 1 A1 Shumway, Rebecca YR 2018 UL https://gs.uwpress.org/gs.uwpress.org/content/21/1/41.abstract AB This essay examines three aspects of life on the Gold Coast during the mid-nineteenth century—slavery, racism, and political organizing—in terms of what they can reveal about the legacy of the transatlantic slave trade and connections between West Africa and the Americas in the abolitionist era.