Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
Date(s) | Event |
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1455 | Contact made between Alvise Ca' da Mosto and the Malinke and Wolof kingdoms in the Senegambia region. |
1816 | Capt. Alexander Grant begins work establishing the city of Bathurst, now the Gambia's capital Banjul. |
1821-1843 | Period during which the Gambia is administered under British West Africa. |
1844-1866 | Establishment of the Gambia as a colony of Britain with its own governor. |
1867-1889 | The Gambia is placed back under control of the Sierra Leone governor-general's domain. |
1889-1900 | Britain receives control of the Gambia River from France, creating the modern-day borders of the Gambia. |
1900 | Indirect rule in the Gambia is established, dividing the protectorate into 35 chiefdoms. |
1906 | Slavery is abolished in the protectorate. |
1954-1962 | The Gambia's independence movement leads to Britain revising the constitution multiple times on the way to independence. |
1965 | The Gambia gains independence from Britain. |
1970 | Establishment of the Gambia as a republic. |