Salaga Slave Market historical site
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The Salaga Slave Market historical site is a preserved location in northern Ghana where enslaved Africans were once traded, now serving as a memorial and educational site on the trans-Saharan and trans-Atlantic slave trades.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Salaga Slave Market historical site canonical | 1 |
| Salaga slave market | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Salaga Slave Market historical site Context triple: [Ghana Museums and Monuments Board, supervises, Salaga Slave Market historical site]
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A.
Sandaga Market
Sandaga Market is a bustling, historic open-air marketplace in central Dakar, Senegal, known for its vibrant atmosphere and wide variety of goods, from textiles and crafts to food and everyday items.
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B.
Dugbe Market
Dugbe Market is a major commercial hub and traditional open-air marketplace in Ibadan, Nigeria, known for its bustling trade in a wide variety of goods.
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C.
Belén Market
Belén Market is a bustling open-air marketplace in Iquitos, Peru, known for its vibrant Amazonian produce, traditional medicines, and everyday goods sold along the riverfront.
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D.
Old Bazaar
Old Bazaar is a historic marketplace in Skopje known for its Ottoman-era architecture, traditional shops, and cultural significance as one of the oldest and largest bazaars in the Balkans.
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E.
Kimlau Square
Kimlau Square is a small memorial plaza in Manhattan’s Chinatown dedicated to Chinese American veterans, featuring the prominent Kimlau War Memorial Arch.
- 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: Salaga Slave Market historical site Target entity description: The Salaga Slave Market historical site is a preserved location in northern Ghana where enslaved Africans were once traded, now serving as a memorial and educational site on the trans-Saharan and trans-Atlantic slave trades.
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A.
Sandaga Market
Sandaga Market is a bustling, historic open-air marketplace in central Dakar, Senegal, known for its vibrant atmosphere and wide variety of goods, from textiles and crafts to food and everyday items.
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B.
Dugbe Market
Dugbe Market is a major commercial hub and traditional open-air marketplace in Ibadan, Nigeria, known for its bustling trade in a wide variety of goods.
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C.
Belén Market
Belén Market is a bustling open-air marketplace in Iquitos, Peru, known for its vibrant Amazonian produce, traditional medicines, and everyday goods sold along the riverfront.
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D.
Old Bazaar
Old Bazaar is a historic marketplace in Skopje known for its Ottoman-era architecture, traditional shops, and cultural significance as one of the oldest and largest bazaars in the Balkans.
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E.
Kimlau Square
Kimlau Square is a small memorial plaza in Manhattan’s Chinatown dedicated to Chinese American veterans, featuring the prominent Kimlau War Memorial Arch.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical site
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memorial ⓘ slave market ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Atlantic coastal slave ports
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enslaved Africans ⓘ slave traders ⓘ trans-Saharan caravan routes ⓘ |
| category |
Historic sites in Ghana
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Sites of the slave trade in Ghana ⓘ |
| continent | Africa ⓘ |
| country | Ghana ⓘ |
| culturalContext |
Savannah Region, Ghana
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surface form:
Gonja area of northern Ghana
|
| educationalTheme |
human rights abuses of slavery
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trade routes linking interior West Africa to the coast ⓘ |
| governedBy | local authorities in Salaga ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
interpretive signage
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market square ⓘ memorial structures ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
education about slave trade history
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memorialization of slavery ⓘ |
| hasUse |
academic research
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heritage tourism ⓘ |
| heritageType | cultural heritage site ⓘ |
| languageOfSignage | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Ghana
ⓘ
Northern Region of Ghana ⓘ
surface form:
Northern Region, Ghana
Salaga ⓘ |
| memorializes | victims of the slave trade ⓘ |
| nearbySettlement |
Salaga
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surface form:
Salaga town
|
| partOf |
trans-Atlantic slave trade network
ⓘ
trans-Saharan slave trade ⓘ |
| periodOfUse |
19th century
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pre-colonial era ⓘ |
| purpose |
to educate visitors about the slave trade
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to preserve memory of enslaved people traded there ⓘ |
| region |
Northern Region of Ghana
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surface form:
northern Ghana
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| relatedTo |
African diaspora history
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Ghanaian history ⓘ history of slavery in West Africa ⓘ |
| significance |
major slave trading center in northern Ghana
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reminder of the impact of slavery on West Africa ⓘ |
| tourismCategory |
dark tourism site
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heritage tourism site ⓘ |
| usedFor |
commerce in enslaved Africans
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slave trading ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Salaga Slave Market historical site Description of subject: The Salaga Slave Market historical site is a preserved location in northern Ghana where enslaved Africans were once traded, now serving as a memorial and educational site on the trans-Saharan and trans-Atlantic slave trades.
Referenced by (2)
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Salaga slave market