Fort Cormantin
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Fort Cormantin was a 17th-century English trading fort on the Gold Coast of West Africa, later known as Fort Amsterdam and significant in the early Atlantic slave trade.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Atlantic slave trade site
ⓘ
European fortification on the Gold Coast ⓘ trading fort ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Fort Cormantin (Fort Amsterdam)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Fort Cormantine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | European coastal fort ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
British involvement in the Atlantic slave trade
ⓘ
Dutch colonial trade ⓘ Swedish colonial trade ⓘ |
| builtBy | Kingdom of England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| category |
Castles in Ghana
ⓘ
Forts in Ghana ⓘ World Heritage Sites in Ghana ⓘ |
| continent | Africa ⓘ |
| controlledBy |
Dutch West India Company
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
English ⓘ Netherlands NERFINISHED ⓘ Sweden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Ghana ⓘ |
| currentCondition | ruin ⓘ |
| formerName | Fort Amsterdam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
military defense
ⓘ
slave holding facility ⓘ trading post ⓘ warehouse ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalRole |
early English base on the Gold Coast
ⓘ
node in trans-Atlantic slave routes ⓘ |
| hasView | Atlantic Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| heritageListing | Forts and Castles, Volta, Greater Accra, Central and Western Regions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | UNESCO World Heritage Site component NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Central Region, Ghana
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cormanston NERFINISHED ⓘ Gold Coast NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Greenwich Mean Time ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Cape Coast
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cormanston village ⓘ Saltpond NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Gulf of Guinea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| material |
masonry
ⓘ
stone ⓘ |
| openToPublic | yes ⓘ |
| partOf |
European forts on the Gold Coast
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
coastal defense system on the Gold Coast ⓘ |
| regionOfSignificance | Atlantic slave trade NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| significantPeriod | 17th century ⓘ |
| usedFor |
gold trade
ⓘ
slave trade ⓘ trade in other commodities ⓘ |
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