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The Gambia Colony and Protectorate was the British colonial administration of The Gambia from 1821 to 1965, part of the British Empire in the New Imperialism era. The colony was the immediate area surrounding Bathurst (now Banjul), and the protectorate was the inland territory situated around the Gambia River, which was declared in 1894.
In 1719, one pirate, Howel Davis, captured James Fort. In 1721, part of the garrison of the fort mutinied under the leadership of Captain John Massey, seizing one of the company's ships and turning pirate. Finally, in 1725, James Fort was extensively damaged by an accidental explosion of gunpowder. [6]
Civil war in Baddibu begins in 1877. First issue of The Bathurst Observer and West African Gazette in 1883. J. D. Richards appointed as first African member of the Legislative Council in 1883. Cornelius Alfred Moloney CMG (1848–1913) 3 March 1884 December 1885 – Colonial Secretary of Lagos (1879–1884) Gilbert Thomas Carter α CMG (1848 ...
James Fort from the direction of the sea. Fort James (alternatively referred to as James Fort) is a fort located in Accra, Ghana.It was built by the Royal African Company of England (RAC) as a trading post for both gold and slaves in 1673, [1] where it joined the Dutch Fort Crêvecœur (1649), and the Danish Fort Christiansborg (1652) along the coast of the then Gold Coast.
Fort Amsterdam, New York City, originally named Fort James; Fort Berthold, North Dakota, originally named Fort James, a fur trading post renamed in 1846; Fort Severn First Nation, originally named Fort James, a fur-trading post built by Hudson's Bay Company in 1689, in Northern Ontario, Canada; James Fort, a Jamestown Rediscovery site, built in ...
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Sir Alexander Grant (1775 – 29 September 1827) was a British Army officer who served as the first Commandant of St Mary's Island from 1816 to 1826.. An officer with the newly-founded Royal African Corps, Grant negotiated the purchase of St Mary's Island in the Gambia River from the King of Kombo in 1816, following the end of the Napoleonic Wars.
Fort St. James is a district municipality and former fur trading post in northern central British Columbia, Canada. It is located on the south-eastern shore of Stuart Lake in the Omineca Country , at the northern terminus of Highway 27 , which connects to Highway 16 at Vanderhoof .