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Kunta Kinteh Island

Also known as James Island, St Andrew's Island

Kunta Kinteh Island is a small island in the Gambia River, formerly St Andrew's Island and then James Island. Courland built a fort there in 1651; the Dutch seized it in 1659 and the English in 1661, naming it after the Duke of York. It was a base of the slave trade and is now a World Heritage Site.

Kunta Kinteh Island
Image: Jose Canedo · CC BY-SA 1.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Mentioned in 3 state histories

Kingdom of NiumiCourland GambiaProvince of Senegambia

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APA
The Epoch Institute. (2026). Kunta Kinteh Island. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/kunta-kinteh-island
MLA
“Kunta Kinteh Island.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/kunta-kinteh-island. Accessed .
Chicago
The Epoch Institute. “Kunta Kinteh Island.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/kunta-kinteh-island.
Harvard
The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘Kunta Kinteh Island’, The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/kunta-kinteh-island (Accessed: ).

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