Table of Contents

Foreword Thomas Southorn; 1. Introduction; 2. The Portuguese in the Gambia, 1455–1588; 3. The arrival of the English in the Gambia, 1588–1622; 4. Cavalier and Roundhead in the Gambia, 1650–2; 5. The Courlanders in the Gambia, 1651–61; 6. The capture of St Andrew's Island by the British, 1661; 7. Dutch rivalry, 1661–78; 8. French rivalry, 1678–89; 9. War with France, 1689–97; 10. Between two storms, 1698–1702; 11. The War of the Spanish Succession, 1702–13; 12. Pirates, 1713–21; 13. A private war between two trading companies, 1720–9; 14. A conspiracy and interlude of peace, 1729–45; 15. The African Committee's administration, 1750–65; 16. The province of Senegambia, 1765–76; 17. Wall versus MacNamara, 1776–8; 18. The last days of the Province of Senegambia, 1776–83; 19. Laissez faire, 1783–1808; 20. The abolition of the slave trade, 1807–16; 21. The early days of Bathurst; 22. Extension of the British sphere of influence, 1821–37; 23. Punitive expeditions - liberated Africans, 1830–7; 24. Further extension of the sphere of influence - separation from Sierra Leone, 1837–43; 25. The groundnut trade - further punitive expeditions, 1843–52; 26. Beginning of the Soninki-Marabout War, 1850–9; 27. The French in the River Gambia, 1817–57; 28. Continuation of the Soninki-Marabout War, 1859–66; 29. The proposed cession to France, 1866–76; 30. The Soninki-Marabout War, 1866–87; 31. Separation from Sierra Leone, 1888; 32. The colony and protectorate, 1888–1914; 33. Recent years, 1914–38; Index.

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Originally published in 1940, this book contains a history of the West Coast of Africa from the invasion by the Portuguese in 1455 until 1938.