Fort James | |
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Part of British Gold Coast | |
Fort Crèvecœur (left) and Fort James (right) in 1727.
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Coordinates | 5°32′01″N 0°12′40″W / 5.5337°N 0.2111°W |
Site history | |
Built | 1673 |
Garrison information | |
Occupants | Britain (1673-1957) |
Fort James is a fort in Accra, Ghana. It was built by the British as a trading post in 1673, where it joined the Dutch Fort Crêvecœur (1649), and the Danish Fort Christiansborg (1652).
Fort James gave its name to the Jamestown neighbourhood in Accra.