Dutch Gold Coast

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Dutch colony former colony historical region territory

The Dutch Gold Coast was a former colonial territory of the Netherlands on the Gulf of Guinea in West Africa, centered on a network of coastal forts and trading posts involved in the Atlantic slave trade and commerce in gold and other goods.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Dutch Gold Coast canonical 15
Dutch Gold Coast forts 1
Dutch colonial government on the Gold Coast 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Dutch colony ⓘ
former colony ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
territory ⓘ
capital Elmina ⓘ
colonialPower Dutch Republic ⓘ
Netherlands ⓘ
currency Dutch guilder ⓘ
economyBasedOn Atlantic slave trade ⓘ
gold trade ⓘ
ivory trade ⓘ
trade in tropical products ⓘ
endCause cession to the United Kingdom ⓘ
endTime 1872 ⓘ
governmentType colonial administration ⓘ
hasFeature network of coastal forts ⓘ
slave forts ⓘ
trading posts ⓘ
involvedIn Atlantic slave trade ⓘ
European competition on the Gold Coast ⓘ
locatedIn Gulf of Guinea ⓘ
West Africa ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay Ghana ⓘ
mainPort Elmina ⓘ
Elmina Castle ⓘ
surface form: Fort Elmina
majorFort Elmina Castle ⓘ
Fort Amsterdam ⓘ
Fort Batenstein ⓘ
Fort Crèvecœur ⓘ
Fort Goede Hoop ⓘ
Fort Nassau ⓘ
Fort San Sebastian ⓘ
officialLanguage Dutch ⓘ
partOf Dutch colonial empire ⓘ
precededBy Portuguese presence on the Gold Coast ⓘ
religion Calvinism ⓘ
Christianity ⓘ
significantEvent Dutch capture of Elmina from Portugal in 1637 ⓘ
Dutch–Portuguese War ⓘ
surface form: Dutch–Portuguese War on the Gold Coast
sovereignState Kingdom of the Netherlands ⓘ
Netherlands ⓘ
startTime 1598 ⓘ
early 17th century ⓘ
successor British Gold Coast ⓘ
tradingPartner Akan states ⓘ
Ashanti Empire ⓘ
surface form: Asante Empire

Fante people ⓘ
surface form: Fante states
transferredTo British Empire ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
treaty Anglo-Dutch Gold Coast Treaty of 1871 ⓘ

Referenced by (20)

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

Elmina Castle → partOf → Dutch Gold Coast ⓘ
Dutch colonial empire → hasPart → Dutch Gold Coast ⓘ
Dutch colonial government → appliedToTerritory → Dutch Gold Coast ⓘ
Herman Willem Daendels → placeOfDeath → Dutch Gold Coast ⓘ
this entity surface form: Elmina
Herman Willem Daendels → placeOfDeath → Dutch Gold Coast ⓘ
British Gold Coast → precededBy → Dutch Gold Coast ⓘ
Minister of Colonies of the Netherlands → hasJurisdictionOver → Dutch Gold Coast ⓘ
Governor-General of the Dutch Gold Coast → country → Dutch Gold Coast ⓘ
Governor-General of the Dutch Gold Coast → appliesToJurisdiction → Dutch Gold Coast ⓘ
Governor-General of the Dutch Gold Coast → officeHolderOf → Dutch Gold Coast ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dutch colonial government on the Gold Coast
Danish Gold Coast → neighboringColonialEntity → Dutch Gold Coast ⓘ
Fort Amsterdam → partOf → Dutch Gold Coast ⓘ
this entity surface form: European forts on the Gold Coast
Fort Amsterdam → countryDuringConstruction → Dutch Gold Coast ⓘ
Fort Patience → partOf → Dutch Gold Coast ⓘ
this entity surface form: European trading network on the Gold Coast
Fort Nassau → partOf → Dutch Gold Coast ⓘ
Fort Goede Hoop → partOf → Dutch Gold Coast ⓘ
Fort Goede Hoop → category → Dutch Gold Coast ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dutch Gold Coast forts
Anglo-Dutch Gold Coast Treaty of 1871 → relatedTo → Dutch Gold Coast ⓘ
Fort Crèvecœur → partOf → Dutch Gold Coast ⓘ
Prussian Gold Coast → successor → Dutch Gold Coast ⓘ