Gold Coast

E34856

historical region

The Gold Coast was a historic region on the Gulf of Guinea in West Africa, corresponding largely to modern-day Ghana, that became a major center of European trade, particularly in enslaved Africans, gold, and other commodities.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Gold Coast canonical	63
Brandenburger Gold Coast	1
Gold Coast (historical)	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical region ⓘ
annexedBy	United Kingdom ⓘ
becameBritishCrownColony	1874 ⓘ
borderedBy	Côte d'Ivoire ⓘ surface form: Ivory Coast Togo ⓘ French West Africa ⓘ surface form: Upper Volta region
capitalDuringBritishRule	Cape Coast ⓘ
colonialPower	Brandenburg-Prussia ⓘ Denmark ⓘ Great Britain ⓘ Netherlands ⓘ Portugal ⓘ Sweden ⓘ
colonialStatus	British colony ⓘ trading colony ⓘ
correspondsTo	modern-day Ghana ⓘ
ethnicGroups	Akan people ⓘ surface form: Akan peoples Ewe ⓘ Ga-Adangbe ⓘ
firstEuropeanArrivalYear	c. 1471 ⓘ
firstEuropeanContact	Portuguese explorers ⓘ
hasFort	Cape Coast Castle ⓘ Elmina Castle ⓘ Fort Amsterdam ⓘ Fort Christiansborg ⓘ Fort James ⓘ Fort St. Anthony ⓘ Fort St. Jago ⓘ Fort St. Jago ⓘ surface form: Fort St. Sebastian Fort William ⓘ
hasPort	Accra ⓘ Cape Coast ⓘ Elmina ⓘ
independenceAsGhana	1957 ⓘ
knownFor	Atlantic slave trade ⓘ surface form: Atlantic triangular trade European trade forts ⓘ gold trade ⓘ slave trade ⓘ
laterCapitalDuringBritishRule	Accra ⓘ
locatedIn	Gulf of Guinea ⓘ West Africa ⓘ
majorCommodity	enslaved Africans ⓘ gold ⓘ ivory ⓘ pepper ⓘ
partOf	Sub-Saharan Africa ⓘ
startDate	15th century ⓘ
successorState	Ghana ⓘ
unifiedWith	Ashanti ⓘ Trust Territory of Togoland under British administration ⓘ surface form: British Togoland Northern Territories of the Gold Coast ⓘ

Referenced by (65)

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

Atlantic slave trade → transportedFrom → Gold Coast ⓘ

Royal African Company → tradingRegion → Gold Coast ⓘ

Ghana → formerColony → Gold Coast ⓘ

Crown colony → example → Gold Coast ⓘ

British Gold Coast → precededBy → Gold Coast ⓘ

this entity surface form: Brandenburger Gold Coast

Diogo de Azambuja → placeOfActivity → Gold Coast ⓘ

Bight of Benin → adjacentTo → Gold Coast ⓘ

Kwame Nkrumah → countryOfBirth → Gold Coast ⓘ

Kwame Nkrumah → citizenship → Gold Coast ⓘ

Trust Territory of Togoland under French administration → sharesBorderWith → Gold Coast ⓘ

Trust Territory of Togoland under British administration → integratedWith → Gold Coast ⓘ

British West Africa → includes → Gold Coast ⓘ

West African Frontier Force → garrisonLocation → Gold Coast ⓘ

Company of Royal Adventurers Trading to Africa → tradingRegion → Gold Coast ⓘ

Fort William, Anomabu → locatedOn → Gold Coast ⓘ

Portuguese Gold Coast → coastline → Gold Coast ⓘ

Independence Day → formerColonialName → Gold Coast ⓘ

subject surface form: Independence Day (Ghana)

Governor-General of the Dutch Gold Coast → appliesToJurisdiction → Gold Coast ⓘ

Fort Christiansborg → locatedOn → Gold Coast ⓘ

Fort Fredensborg → locatedIn → Gold Coast ⓘ

Fort St. Jago → locatedOn → Gold Coast ⓘ

Fort St. Jago → historicalRegion → Gold Coast ⓘ

Fort St. Anthony → regionServed → Gold Coast ⓘ

Fort Amsterdam → region → Gold Coast ⓘ

Kofi Busia → placeOfBirth → Gold Coast ⓘ

subject surface form: Kofi Abrefa Busia

Hugh Clifford → workLocation → Gold Coast ⓘ

Fort William → locatedIn → Gold Coast ⓘ

Fort James → locatedInFormerEntity → Gold Coast ⓘ

Fort James → regionServed → Gold Coast ⓘ

Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo → placeOfBirth → Gold Coast ⓘ

Fort Batenstein → partOf → Gold Coast ⓘ

Fort Victoria (Cape Coast) → locatedInHistoricalRegion → Gold Coast ⓘ

Fort Nassau → locatedIn → Gold Coast ⓘ

Fort Goede Hoop → locatedIn → Gold Coast ⓘ

Anglo-Dutch Gold Coast Treaty of 1871 → appliesToTerritory → Gold Coast ⓘ

Gold Coast Colony → namedAfter → Gold Coast ⓘ

British West African pound → usedIn → Gold Coast ⓘ

British West African pound → legalTenderIn → Gold Coast ⓘ

Legislative Council of the Gold Coast → country → Gold Coast ⓘ

Legislative Council of the Gold Coast → locatedIn → Gold Coast ⓘ

Legislative Council of the Gold Coast → appliesToJurisdiction → Gold Coast ⓘ

1946 Burns Constitution → country → Gold Coast ⓘ

1946 Burns Constitution → appliesToTerritory → Gold Coast ⓘ

1951 Constitution → country → Gold Coast ⓘ

1951 Constitution → placeOfEnactment → Gold Coast ⓘ

Convention People’s Party → country → Gold Coast ⓘ

subject surface form: Convention People's Party

Fort Crèvecœur → locatedOn → Gold Coast ⓘ

1954 Constitution → country → Gold Coast ⓘ

Fort San Sebastian → region → Gold Coast ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gold Coast (historical)

Prussian Gold Coast → coastType → Gold Coast ⓘ