Albreda

Albreda was a French exclave in The Gambia on the north bank of the Gambia River that was transferred from the French colonial empire to the British empire in 1857. It was variously described as a 'trading post' or a 'slave fort'.

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It was less than two miles from Fort James on the river's southern bank that served a similar purpose for the British.

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Nowadays it contains a slave museum.

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The Gambia: The Republic of The Gambia is a country in West Africa. It is the smallest country within the African continent and is entirely surrounded by Senegal, with the Gambia River emptying into the Atlantic Ocean in its center. In 1965, The Gambia became independent from the British Empire. Banjul is its c...

French colonial empire: The French colonial empire is the set of territories outside Europe that were under French rule primarily from the 1600s to the late 1960s. In the 19th and 20th centuries, the colonial empire of France was the second largest in the world behind the British Empire. The French colonial empire extended...

1857: 1857 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar)....