A History of the Gambia (Paperback)

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.