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Events relating to the gambia
The British establish Fort James on an island in the Gambia river
The British establish Bathurst (now Banjul) at the mouth of the Gambia as a base against the slave trade
France and Britain agree colonial boundaries for Senegal and Gambia in west Africa
The Gambia becomes an independent member of the Commonwealth, with Dawda Jawara as prime minister
Senegal and the Gambia partially merge as Senegambia, in a confederation which lasts seven years