Global InformationGeorge Emil Eminsang information
George Emil Eminsang | |
|---|---|
| Consul of the Netherlands at Elmina | |
acting | |
| In office 1878–1879 | |
| Preceded by | Pieter Simon Hamel |
| Succeeded by | Pieter Simon Hamel |
| Personal details | |
| Born | ca. 1833 Elmina, Dutch Gold Coast |
| Died | May 1898 Elmina, British Gold Coast |
George Emil Eminsang (ca. 1833 – May 1898) was a prominent Euro-African merchant and political leader on the Gold Coast, who played a prominent role in the last years of Dutch colonial rule on the Gold Coast. After the Dutch Gold Coast was transferred to the United Kingdom, Eminsang became a diplomat for the Netherlands and later for the United States and the Congo Free State. Together with James Bannerman Hyde and James Hutton Brew, Eminsang was one of the first so-called "country lawyers" on the Gold Coast.[1]
Eminsang was an important leader of the No. 10 Akrampafo asafo ward of Elmina and owner of the most famous hotel of Elmina, St. George's Hotel.[2] Besides his native Fanti language , he spoke and wrote Dutch, English, Portuguese and German.[3]
- ^ Doortmont 2005, p. 269.
- ^ Jeekel 1869, p. 20.
- ^ Baesjou 1979, p. 31.