Fort James at Accra
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Fort James at Accra is a 17th-century coastal fort in present-day Ghana that served as a key British trading post and later became notorious for its role in the transatlantic slave trade.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Fort James (Accra) | 1 |
| Fort James at Accra canonical | 1 |
| Jamestown district of Accra | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5041986 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Fort James at Accra Context triple: [Royal African Company, notableFort, Fort James at Accra]
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A.
Cape Coast Castle
Cape Coast Castle is a historic coastal fortress in present-day Ghana that served as one of the largest centers of British transatlantic slave trade in West Africa.
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B.
Fort Victoria (Cape Coast)
Fort Victoria is a historic coastal fort in Cape Coast, Ghana, built during the colonial era as part of the European defensive and trading fortifications along the Gold Coast.
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C.
Cape Coast
Cape Coast is a historic coastal city in southern Ghana known for its role in the trans-Atlantic slave trade and its well-preserved colonial-era castle.
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D.
Fort William (Cape Coast)
Fort William in Cape Coast is a historic coastal fort in Ghana, originally built by the British and later used as a lighthouse, now preserved as a heritage site.
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E.
Elmina Castle
Elmina Castle is a historic coastal fortress in present-day Ghana that became one of the most significant hubs of the transatlantic slave trade.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Fort James at Accra Target entity description: Fort James at Accra is a 17th-century coastal fort in present-day Ghana that served as a key British trading post and later became notorious for its role in the transatlantic slave trade.
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A.
Cape Coast Castle
Cape Coast Castle is a historic coastal fortress in present-day Ghana that served as one of the largest centers of British transatlantic slave trade in West Africa.
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B.
Fort Victoria (Cape Coast)
Fort Victoria is a historic coastal fort in Cape Coast, Ghana, built during the colonial era as part of the European defensive and trading fortifications along the Gold Coast.
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C.
Cape Coast
Cape Coast is a historic coastal city in southern Ghana known for its role in the trans-Atlantic slave trade and its well-preserved colonial-era castle.
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D.
Fort William (Cape Coast)
Fort William in Cape Coast is a historic coastal fort in Ghana, originally built by the British and later used as a lighthouse, now preserved as a heritage site.
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E.
Elmina Castle
Elmina Castle is a historic coastal fortress in present-day Ghana that became one of the most significant hubs of the transatlantic slave trade.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
European colonial fort
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coastal fort ⓘ historic site ⓘ slave trade fort ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | European coastal fortification ⓘ |
| builtBy |
English traders
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Kingdom of England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centuryOfConstruction | 17th century ⓘ |
| completionDate | 1673 ⓘ |
| condition | partially preserved ⓘ |
| constructionStart | 1673 ⓘ |
| continent | Africa ⓘ |
| controlledBy |
British Empire
NERFINISHED
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British Gold Coast administration NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Ghana ⓘ |
| formerCountry | Gold Coast NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| functionedAs |
British trading post
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administrative center ⓘ slave trading post ⓘ |
| garrisonedBy | British soldiers ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | UNESCO World Heritage Site (as part of Forts and Castles, Volta, Greater Accra, Central and Western Regions) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Atlantic slave trade ⓘ |
| historicalRegion | Guinea Coast NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inception | 1673 ⓘ |
| laterUse |
jail for Accra
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prison ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Accra
NERFINISHED
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Ghana NERFINISHED ⓘ Greater Accra Region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Gulf of Guinea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| material |
masonry
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stone ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
James, Duke of York
NERFINISHED
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King James II of England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nearbySettlement | Jamestown, Accra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
British colonial history in West Africa
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role in the transatlantic slave trade ⓘ |
| openToPublic | yes ⓘ |
| ownership | Government of Ghana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Forts and Castles, Volta, Greater Accra, Central and Western Regions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tourism | heritage tourism site ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageCategory | Cultural ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince | 1979 ⓘ |
| usedFor |
imprisonment of enslaved Africans
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military defense ⓘ storage of goods ⓘ trade ⓘ transatlantic slave trade ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Fort James at Accra Description of subject: Fort James at Accra is a 17th-century coastal fort in present-day Ghana that served as a key British trading post and later became notorious for its role in the transatlantic slave trade.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Royal African Company
Forts and Castles, Volta, Greater Accra, Central and Western Regions
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hasPart
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Fort James at Accra
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this entity surface form:
Fort James (Accra)
this entity surface form:
Jamestown district of Accra