Fort William, Anomabu
E116929
Fort William, Anomabu is a major 18th-century British slave-trading fortress on the coast of present-day Ghana that served as one of the most important hubs of the transatlantic slave trade.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Fort William (Anomabu) | 2 |
| Fort William, Anomabu canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T964865 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Fort William, Anomabu Context triple: [Royal African Company, notableFort, Fort William, Anomabu]
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A.
Point Hope
Point Hope is a remote Inupiat village and one of the oldest continuously inhabited settlements in North America, located on a gravel spit jutting into the Chukchi Sea in northwest Alaska.
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B.
Port Morant
Port Morant is a coastal town in eastern Jamaica known historically as one of the island’s early ports and plantation centers.
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C.
Rock Harbor
Rock Harbor is a small lakeside settlement and primary visitor hub on Isle Royale in Lake Superior, offering lodging, marina services, and access to hiking and boating in Isle Royale National Park.
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D.
Tin Can Island Port
Tin Can Island Port is one of the major commercial seaports in Lagos, Nigeria, serving as a key hub for container and cargo shipping in West Africa.
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E.
Dutch Harbor, Alaska
Dutch Harbor, Alaska is a major fishing port and remote community in the Aleutian Islands, known as one of the world’s busiest seafood hubs and a strategic North Pacific harbor.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Fort William, Anomabu Target entity description: Fort William, Anomabu is a major 18th-century British slave-trading fortress on the coast of present-day Ghana that served as one of the most important hubs of the transatlantic slave trade.
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A.
Point Hope
Point Hope is a remote Inupiat village and one of the oldest continuously inhabited settlements in North America, located on a gravel spit jutting into the Chukchi Sea in northwest Alaska.
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B.
Port Morant
Port Morant is a coastal town in eastern Jamaica known historically as one of the island’s early ports and plantation centers.
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C.
Rock Harbor
Rock Harbor is a small lakeside settlement and primary visitor hub on Isle Royale in Lake Superior, offering lodging, marina services, and access to hiking and boating in Isle Royale National Park.
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D.
Tin Can Island Port
Tin Can Island Port is one of the major commercial seaports in Lagos, Nigeria, serving as a key hub for container and cargo shipping in West Africa.
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E.
Dutch Harbor, Alaska
Dutch Harbor, Alaska is a major fishing port and remote community in the Aleutian Islands, known as one of the world’s busiest seafood hubs and a strategic North Pacific harbor.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British colonial fort
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fortress ⓘ slave fort ⓘ |
| associatedEvent | transatlantic deportation of Africans to the Americas ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Atlantic slave trade
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surface form:
Atlantic world slave economy
Royal African Company ⓘ
surface form:
British Royal African Company
British merchants ⓘ |
| builder | British ⓘ |
| category |
British forts in Africa
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Forts in Ghana ⓘ Slave forts ⓘ |
| coast | Atlantic Ocean ⓘ |
| controlledBy |
British Empire
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Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ |
| country | Ghana ⓘ |
| currentUse |
historical monument
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site of memory of the slave trade ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ |
| era | 18th century ⓘ |
| formerCountry | British Gold Coast ⓘ |
| functionDuringSlaveTrade |
collection point for enslaved Africans
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embarkation point for slave ships to the Americas ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
bastions
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courtyard ⓘ dungeons for enslaved people ⓘ sea-facing walls ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | UNESCO World Heritage Site component ⓘ |
| heritageDesignationYear | 1979 ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | part of Forts and Castles, Volta, Greater Accra, Central and Western Regions ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Anomabu
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Central Region, Ghana ⓘ Ghana ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Cape Coast
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Elmina ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Gold Coast ⓘ |
| material |
masonry
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stone ⓘ |
| partOf | network of European forts and castles on the Gold Coast ⓘ |
| region | West Africa ⓘ |
| significance |
major 18th-century British slave-trading fortress on the coast of present-day Ghana
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one of the most important hubs of the transatlantic slave trade on the Gold Coast ⓘ |
| usedFor |
imprisonment of enslaved Africans
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military defense ⓘ slave trading ⓘ trade ⓘ transatlantic slave trade ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Fort William, Anomabu Description of subject: Fort William, Anomabu is a major 18th-century British slave-trading fortress on the coast of present-day Ghana that served as one of the most important hubs of the transatlantic slave trade.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Fort William (Anomabu)
Forts and Castles, Volta, Greater Accra, Central and Western Regions
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this entity surface form:
Fort William (Anomabu)