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    appointed to take charge of James Fort and the settlements in the Gambia. In 1779, the French captured James Fort for the fifth and final time. On this...
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    The Gambia, officially the Republic of The Gambia, is a country in West Africa. Geographically, The Gambia is the smallest country in continental Africa;...
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  • They sailed for The Gambia in HMS Plumper, a brig, and the Parmilia transport. On 9 November they arrived in The Gambia and found Fort Bullen still in the...
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    inland territory situated around the Gambia River, which was declared in 1894. The foundation of the colony was Fort James and Bathurst, where British presence...
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    Dutch settlements on the coast, and in 1664, Fort James was founded on an island about twenty miles up the Gambia river, as a new centre for English trade...
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    Roots: The Saga of an American Family (category Novels set in the Gambia)
    dispatched to Fort James on the Gambia River in 1767. In Lloyd's of London, he discovers a merchantman named the Lord Ligonier had sailed from The Gambia on July...
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  • The University of the Gambia (UTG) is an institution of higher education located in Sere Kunda, the largest city in the Gambia. The campus was founded...
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    Kingdom of Niumi (category Precolonial kingdoms of the Gambia)
    Niumi, also known as the Kingdom of Barra, was a West African nation at the Gambia River. Niumi was located at the mouth of the river, and extended nearly...
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  • The University of Fort Hare (Afrikaans: Universiteit van Fort Hare) is a public university in Alice, Eastern Cape, South Africa. It was a key institution...
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    much is known about him before becoming the second mate on the slave ship, Gambia Castle, which was under the command of Captain Charles Russell; however...
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