Elmina, Monday, 22 July 1872.Mama said I shouldn’t go, but I crept out of the house when she was busy. It’s not every day in your life you have a chance to witness an execution.
There was a crowd in front of the Castle. Some of the people, including the men’s families, were there to show their solidarity with those who were about to die and to mourn their death. Some were just curious. Like me, I suppose. I’m sorry about that now.
The young men from the asafo companies had come to shout abuse at the British. The tapooyers were scared that they would riot and had closed their stores and barricaded their houses.
The governor and his people came out of the Castle, led by drummers and trumpeters, and took their seats. There must have been a hundred soldiers stationed around, with their guns
