Danish Gold Coast

E165997

Danish overseas territory former colony historical region

The Danish Gold Coast was a former Danish colonial possession on the Gulf of Guinea in West Africa, centered on coastal forts used primarily for trade, including in enslaved people, from the 17th to mid-19th centuries.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Danish Gold Coast canonical	7
Danish Gold Coast administration	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Danish overseas territory ⓘ former colony ⓘ historical region ⓘ
coastline	Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
colonialAdministrationType	trading colony ⓘ
colonialPower	Denmark ⓘ
country	Denmark–Norway ⓘ surface form: Kingdom of Denmark
economy	agricultural products trade ⓘ gold trade ⓘ ivory trade ⓘ trade in enslaved Africans ⓘ
endTime	1850 ⓘ
governingBody	Danish Africa Company ⓘ Danish West India Company ⓘ surface form: Danish West India–Guinea Company
hasCapital	Christiansborg Castle (Osu Castle) ⓘ surface form: Christiansborg
hasFort	Christiansborg Castle (Osu Castle) ⓘ surface form: Christiansborg Castle Fort Augustaborg ⓘ Fort Augustaborg ⓘ surface form: Fort Carlsborg Fort Fredensborg ⓘ Fort Kongensten ⓘ Fort Batenstein ⓘ surface form: Fort Prinsensten
inception	mid-17th century ⓘ
indigenousPeoples	Akan people ⓘ surface form: Akan peoples Ga-Adangbe peoples ⓘ
indigenousPolities	Akan states ⓘ Akwamu ⓘ
languageUsedByAdministration	Danish ⓘ
languageUsedInTrade	Akan languages ⓘ Danish ⓘ Ga language ⓘ
locatedIn	Gulf of Guinea ⓘ West Africa ⓘ present-day Ghana ⓘ
neighboringColonialEntity	Prussian Gold Coast ⓘ surface form: Brandenburg-Prussian Gold Coast British Gold Coast ⓘ Dutch Gold Coast ⓘ Swedish Gold Coast ⓘ
partOf	Danish colonial empire ⓘ European colonial presence on the Gold Coast ⓘ
primaryFunction	coastal forts for trade ⓘ participation in transatlantic slave trade ⓘ
religion	Lutheran Christianity (colonial administration) ⓘ
significantEvent	abolition of Danish participation in the transatlantic slave trade ⓘ sale to the United Kingdom ⓘ
startTime	1658 ⓘ
successor	British Gold Coast ⓘ
territoryTransferredTo	British Crown ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
transferDate	1850 ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Danish colonial empire → hasPart → Danish Gold Coast ⓘ

British Gold Coast → precededBy → Danish Gold Coast ⓘ

Denmark–Norway → includedTerritory → Danish Gold Coast ⓘ

Fort Christiansborg → formerCountry → Danish Gold Coast ⓘ

Fort Christiansborg → partOf → Danish Gold Coast ⓘ

Fort Kongenstein → controlledBy → Danish Gold Coast ⓘ

this entity surface form: Danish Gold Coast administration

Fort Kongenstein → partOf → Danish Gold Coast ⓘ

Fort Fredensborg → partOf → Danish Gold Coast ⓘ