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Franklin House

Located on Brazil Lane in Jamestown, Ghana, this house was built in the early half of the 19th century by AfroBrazilian Slaves, today known as the Tabon in Ghana. This house probably shows the best retention of Portuguese influence on the local landscape. Bought by the British explorer, Benjamin Franklin, part of the house was used as a slave dungeon before being taken out to sea. A visit to the house today shows the path from the cliff the house sits on leading directly to the beach and the doom presented by the ocean.

View from the back rooms of Franklin House directly overlooking the Atlantic Ocean

Man contemplating the ocean

Unfinished extension of one of its neighboring houses. Laundry is everywhere

Ga were born fisherman, the tradition continues in 21st century style

Girl overlooking the drop from the cliff (Franklin House backyard)

Fishing boats out at sea, just beyond the Jamestown harbor

No mistaking the Portuguese arch made out of local stone and clay. No longer the formal entrance to the home

The deteriorating structure of Franklin House. second floor is inaccessible to visitors or anyone for that matter.

Some of Franklin House’s new tenants–young boys with a ball between their feet.