British Gold Coast

E57157

colonial territory former British colony historical political entity

The British Gold Coast was a former British colony in West Africa, centered in present-day Ghana, that served as a major hub for trade and colonial administration until its independence as Ghana in 1957.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
British Gold Coast canonical	13
British Gold Coast colony	2
British colonial administration in the Gold Coast	1
Ghana (territory prior to independence)	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	colonial territory ⓘ former British colony ⓘ historical political entity ⓘ
capital	Accra ⓘ
colonialGovernorTitle	Governor of the Gold Coast ⓘ
colonialPower	United Kingdom ⓘ
colonialStatus	Crown colony ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
currency	British West African pound ⓘ
dateOfIndependence	6 March 1957 ⓘ
economyBasedOn	cocoa exports ⓘ gold trade ⓘ palm oil trade ⓘ timber exports ⓘ
endDate	1957 ⓘ
followedBy	Ghana ⓘ
governmentType	British colonial administration ⓘ
hadConstitutionalReform	1946 Burns Constitution ⓘ 1951 Constitution ⓘ 1954 Constitution ⓘ
hadLegislativeBody	Legislative Council of the Gold Coast ⓘ
includedTerritory	Ashanti ⓘ Trust Territory of Togoland under British administration ⓘ surface form: British Togoland Gold Coast Colony ⓘ Northern Territories of the Gold Coast ⓘ
independenceFrom	United Kingdom ⓘ
independenceResultedIn	creation of Ghana ⓘ
knownFor	cocoa production ⓘ gold resources ⓘ role in Atlantic trade networks ⓘ
locatedIn	West Africa ⓘ present-day Ghana ⓘ
majorPort	Accra ⓘ Sekondi ⓘ Takoradi ⓘ
officialLanguage	English ⓘ
partOf	British Empire ⓘ
precededBy	Gold Coast ⓘ surface form: Brandenburger Gold Coast Danish Gold Coast ⓘ Dutch Gold Coast ⓘ Portuguese Gold Coast ⓘ Prussian Gold Coast ⓘ
replacedBy	Ghana ⓘ
significantCity	Accra ⓘ Cape Coast ⓘ Kumasi ⓘ
significantLeader	Kwame Nkrumah ⓘ
significantMovement	Gold Coast independence movement ⓘ
significantPoliticalParty	Convention People’s Party ⓘ
startDate	1821 ⓘ

Referenced by (17)

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

Elmina Castle → partOf → British Gold Coast ⓘ

Danish colonial empire → successor → British Gold Coast ⓘ

Dutch Gold Coast → successor → British Gold Coast ⓘ

Cape Coast Castle → countryDuringUse → British Gold Coast ⓘ

Fort William, Anomabu → formerCountry → British Gold Coast ⓘ

Danish Gold Coast → successor → British Gold Coast ⓘ

Danish Gold Coast → neighboringColonialEntity → British Gold Coast ⓘ

Fort Christiansborg → partOf → British Gold Coast ⓘ

Akan states → successor → British Gold Coast ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Gold Coast colony

Anglo-Dutch Gold Coast Treaty of 1871 → relatedTo → British Gold Coast ⓘ

Legislative Council of the Gold Coast → appliesToJurisdiction → British Gold Coast ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ghana (territory prior to independence)

Legislative Council of the Gold Coast → legislativeBodyFor → British Gold Coast ⓘ

this entity surface form: British colonial administration in the Gold Coast

1951 Constitution → appliesToTerritory → British Gold Coast ⓘ

Convention People’s Party → foundedIn → British Gold Coast ⓘ

subject surface form: Convention People's Party

1954 Constitution → appliesToTerritory → British Gold Coast ⓘ

Western Region, Gold Coast → partOf → British Gold Coast ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Gold Coast colony

War of the Golden Stool → locatedIn → British Gold Coast ⓘ