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.

Aliases (1)

Elmina ×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 → 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 on the Gold Coast →
sovereignState	Kingdom of the Netherlands → Netherlands →
startTime	1598 → early 17th century →
successor	British Gold Coast →
tradingPartner	Akan states → Asante Empire → Fante states →
transferredTo	British Empire → United Kingdom →
treaty	Anglo-Dutch Gold Coast Treaty of 1871 →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Herman Willem Daendels ("Elmina") → Herman Willem Daendels →	placeOfDeath
Dutch colonial government →	appliedToTerritory
Dutch colonial empire →	hasPart
Elmina Castle →	partOf
British Gold Coast →	precededBy