Occurrence of Attributes in Original Text
The text related to the cultural heritage 'Kunta Kinteh Island and Related Sites' has mentioned 'Slave Trade' in the following places:
| Occurrence Sentence | Text Source |
|---|---|
| The chartered Royal Adventurers in Africa Company administered the territory, which used it first for the gold and ivory trade, and later in the slave trade. | WIKI |
| The Six-Gun Battery (1816) and Fort Bullen (1826), now included in the James Island UNESCO World Heritage Site and located on both sides of the mouth of the River Gambia, were built with the specific intent of thwarting the slave trade once it had become illegal in the British Empire after the passing of the Slave Trade Act in 1807. | WIKI |
| As an important historical site in the West African slave trade, it is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, together with related sites including Albreda, Juffureh and Fort Bullen. | WIKI |
| The specific, important role of the site in the slave trade, both in its propagation and its conclusion, makes Kunta Kinteh Island and it Related Sites an outstanding memory of this important, although painful, period of human history. | UNESCO |
| The river formed the first trade route to the inland of Africa, being also related to the slave trade. | UNESCO |
| Criterion (vi): Kunta Kinteh Island and related sites, the villages, remains of European settlements, the forts and the batteries, were directly and tangibly associated with the beginning and the conclusion of the slave trade, retaining its memory related to the African Diaspora. | UNESCO |
| The six parts of the serial nomination together present a testimony to the main periods and facets of the Afro-European encounter along the River Gambia, a continuum that stretched from pre-colonial and pre-slavery times to the period of independence and in particular to the beginning and the abolition of the slave trade, as well as documenting the functions of the early access route to the inland of Africa. | UNESCO |
| The Island is a landmark for all concerned with the slave trade, especially the local community and Africans in the Diaspora. | UNESCO |