British Colonial Background


                       British Colonial Background

the 16th century the British started travelling to the rive Gambia , and in 1588 English merchants purchased from the Portuguese the exclusive right to trade between the rivers Senegal and Gambia. The British competed for the control of the trade of the area. And British drew the boundaries between Senegal and Gambia with the slave trade at an end, the British were forced to com up with a new source of wealth to support the fledgling protectorate. Now the Gambia section ceased to be a British colony and was again placed under the charge of the African Company .

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Gambia

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