page_title: Fort James (Ghana)
hierarchical_section_title: Fort James (Ghana)
caption_attribution_description: English: James Fort (British) and Crevecoeur Fort (Dutch) in Accra, Ghana.
context_page_description: Fort James is located in Accra, Ghana. It was built by the Royal African Company of England as a trading post for both gold and slaves in 1673, where it joined the Dutch Fort Crêvecœur, and the Danish Fort Christiansborg.
  Fort James was likely named after James, Duke of York, who was Governor of the RAC at the time it was built and after whom the adjacent town of Jamestown in Accra is also named.
  The fort stands next to Jamestown Lighthouse and from colonial times up to 2008 the fort served as a prison.
context_section_description: Fort James is located in Accra, Ghana. It was built by the Royal African Company of England as a trading post for both gold and slaves in 1673, where it joined the Dutch Fort Crêvecœur (1649), and the Danish Fort Christiansborg (1652).
  Fort James was likely named after James, Duke of York, who was Governor of the RAC at the time it was built and after whom the adjacent town of Jamestown in Accra is also named.
  The fort stands next to Jamestown Lighthouse and from colonial times up to 2008 the fort served as a prison.
caption: Fort Crèvecœur (left) and Fort James (right) in 1727.
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