Cabo Corso Castle
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Cabo Corso Castle is the former name of Cape Coast Castle, a major British slave-trading fort on the coast of present-day Ghana that played a central role in the transatlantic slave trade.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cabo Corso Castle canonical | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
castle
ⓘ
historic site ⓘ slave fort ⓘ trading post ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
British transatlantic slave trade
ⓘ
Middle Passage NERFINISHED ⓘ enslavement of West Africans ⓘ |
| category |
Castles in Ghana
ⓘ
Forts in Ghana ⓘ Slave forts on the Gold Coast ⓘ World Heritage Sites in Ghana ⓘ |
| continent | Africa ⓘ |
| controlledBy |
British Empire
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Dutch West India Company NERFINISHED ⓘ Kingdom of Denmark–Norway NERFINISHED ⓘ Kingdom of Great Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ Kingdom of Sweden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Ghana ⓘ |
| era | early modern period ⓘ |
| formerNameOf | Cape Coast Castle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governedBy | Ghana Museums and Monuments Board NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
chapel
ⓘ
courtyards ⓘ dungeons for enslaved Africans ⓘ governor’s quarters ⓘ sea-facing battlements ⓘ |
| hasFormerName | Cabo Corso Castle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | UNESCO World Heritage Site (as part of Forts and Castles, Volta, Greater Accra, Central and Western Regions) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Portuguese ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Cape Coast
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Central Region, Ghana NERFINISHED ⓘ Ghana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn |
Atlantic Ocean
ⓘ
Gulf of Guinea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nameMeaning | short cape ⓘ |
| ownedBy | British Crown NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | network of European forts on the Gold Coast ⓘ |
| presentUse |
memorial to victims of slavery
ⓘ
museum ⓘ |
| region | Gold Coast NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| significance |
central hub in the British transatlantic slave trade
ⓘ
major British slave-trading fort on the Gold Coast ⓘ |
| tourism | major tourist attraction in Ghana ⓘ |
| usedFor |
European trade on the West African coast
ⓘ
export of enslaved Africans to the Americas ⓘ holding enslaved Africans ⓘ transatlantic slave trade ⓘ |
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