| James Island and Related S[500×263] Russian Spanish James Island and Related Sites | Niels Elgaard Larsen © Publishing origin | |
| w761 jpg[320×209] James Island and Related sites represent the first African European trade route to the inland of Africa and the beginning and the conclusion of the West African slave trade They are Publishing origin | |
| gambia079 jpg[720×953] the Duke of Courland and used it as a trade base It was then briefly held by the Dutch from 1659 until it was captured by the British in 1661 and formally ceded to them in 1664 Publishing origin | |
| gambia082 jpg[720×960] Trading in Africa Between 25 May 1765 11 February 1779 The Gambia was part of British Senegambia As Britain withdrew from the slave trade the fort was largely abandoned in 1779 Publishing origin | |
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| gambia089 jpg[720×960] James Island forest Publishing origin | |
| gambia085 jpg[720×540] ruins of the British administrative buildings Kunta Kinte author Alex Haley s Mandingo ancestor described in the book and TV series Roots was probably shipped through James Island Text Publishing origin | |
| gambia088 jpg[720×960] James Island forest Publishing origin | |
| gambia084 jpg[720×960] a number of skeletal baobab trees The buildings have now been protected against further erosion but the island is very low and subject to flooding and buildings are affected by waves Publishing origin |