Fort James

Fort James was originally built in 1651 on an island off the south bank of the Gambia river as Jacob Fort as a trading post for the Duchy of Courland and named after its ruler, Jacob Kettler. It was captured by the Dutch during the Northern Wars later that decade and then they soon lost it to the British who renamed it Fort James. It was variously described as a 'trading post' or a 'slave fort'.

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It was less than two miles from Albreda on the river's northern bank that served a similar purpose for the French.

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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...

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