Fort James at Accra

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European colonial fort coastal fort historic site slave trade fort

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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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Fort James (Accra)	1
Fort James at Accra canonical	1
Jamestown district of Accra	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	European colonial fort ⓘ coastal fort ⓘ historic site ⓘ slave trade fort ⓘ
architecturalStyle	European coastal fortification ⓘ
builtBy	English traders ⓘ Kingdom of England NERFINISHED ⓘ
centuryOfConstruction	17th century ⓘ
completionDate	1673 ⓘ
condition	partially preserved ⓘ
constructionStart	1673 ⓘ
continent	Africa ⓘ
controlledBy	British Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ British Gold Coast administration NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Ghana ⓘ
formerCountry	Gold Coast NERFINISHED ⓘ
functionedAs	British trading post ⓘ 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 ⓘ prison ⓘ
locatedIn	Accra NERFINISHED ⓘ Ghana NERFINISHED ⓘ Greater Accra Region NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOn	Gulf of Guinea NERFINISHED ⓘ
material	masonry ⓘ stone ⓘ
namedAfter	James, Duke of York NERFINISHED ⓘ King James II of England NERFINISHED ⓘ
nearbySettlement	Jamestown, Accra NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor	British colonial history in West Africa ⓘ 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 ⓘ military defense ⓘ storage of goods ⓘ trade ⓘ transatlantic slave trade ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

RAC → notableFort → Fort James at Accra ⓘ

subject surface form: Royal African Company

Forts and Castles, Volta, Greater Accra, Central and Western Regions → hasPart → Fort James at Accra ⓘ

this entity surface form: Fort James (Accra)

Fort James → locatedInHistoricDistrict → Fort James at Accra ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jamestown district of Accra