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Senegambia

British colony, Africa
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  • western Africa
    western Africa
    / Anglo-French competition

    But the Colony of the Senegambia was not a success. Britain’s merchants were not willing to follow up its naval and military successes in this region, and French traders were allowed to creep back. The main results of Britain’s initiative were to interrupt French imperial ambitions in the Sénégal valley…

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    But the Colony of the Senegambia was not a success. Britain’s merchants were not willing to follow up its naval and military successes in this region, and French traders were allowed to creep back. The main results of Britain’s initiative were to interrupt French imperial ambitions in the Sénégal valley…

    Read More